Object Details
- Description
- Full-length green and purple silk and linen tunic with embroidery around open sleeves and neck.
- Provenance
- Susan Vogel, New York, late 1970s to 2019
- Joe Knopfelmacher, Craft Caravan Gallery, New York, -- to late 1970s
- Content Statement
- As part of our commitment to accessibility and transparency, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art is placing its collection records online. Please note that some records are incomplete (missing image or content descriptions) and others reflect out-of-date language or systems of thought regarding how to engage with and discuss cultural heritage and the specifics of individual artworks. If you see content requiring immediate action, we will do our best to address it in a timely manner. Please email nmafacuratorial@si.edu if you have any questions.
- Image Requests
- High resolution digital images are not available for some objects. For publication quality photography and permissions, please contact the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at https://africa.si.edu/research/eliot-elisofon-photographic-archives/
- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Somali (Hawiye or Digil clan) artist
- Date
- 1950-1969
- Credit Line
- Gift of Susan M. Vogel
- Medium
- Linen, silk embroidery
- Dimensions
- H x W: 221.5 × 119.4 cm (87 3/16 × 47 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
