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Title

Dance cap

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1920

Accession Number

1981/2.165

Medium and Support

burlap, cloth, leather, and cowrie shells

relevance

rank 12.14203

Primary Keywords

cloth

shells

Title

Untitled

Artist

Sergio di Giusti

Physical Description

A sculpture with a man wrapped in cloths, covering his face. One arm is behind him, the other across his chest and is bare. The colors are reds, gold, blue and black paints. The sculpture has a base and it looks like a corner of a wall with the man standing on the end.

Object Creation Date

1980

Accession Number

2013/2.303

Medium and Support

bronze, wood, plaster, paint

relevance

rank 12.00705

Primary Keywords

bound

cloth

man

Title

Ropa Vieja

Artist

Emilio Sanchez

Physical Description

Pieces of white cloth are hanging on the laundry lines, being blown dry by the wind.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1921

Object Creation Date

1997

Accession Number

2011/2.75

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

relevance

rank 11.74591

Primary Keywords

cloth

color lithographs

laundries

white

Title

Phulkari Shawl with Stylized Floral Patterns arranged in 54 squares

Artist

India, Eastern Punjab

Physical Description

This piece of brick red cloth is covered with geometric patterns in tones of red, greenish yellow, white and orange. Along the top and bottom edges (if the piece were vertical) are border grids made up of 6 squares with triangular patterns of thread inside them. The main body of the phulkari is a 6 by 9 square grid, each box housing a stylized floral pattern made from embroidery.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

2005/2.10

Medium and Support

silk embroidery on homespun cotton cloth

relevance

rank 11.61955

Primary Keywords

cloth

patterns (design elements)

triangles (polygons)

Title

Phulkari (woman's head covering) with peacock designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Punjab

Physical Description

This is a red cloth covered with geometric patterns and abstract forms in the shape of peacocks. The designs and peacocks are multicolored and depicted in a repetitive format with the birds arranged in five columns and nine rows.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

2003/2.57

Medium and Support

white, green, magenta, and indigo silk floss embroidery on madder-dyed cotton

relevance

rank 11.25627

Primary Keywords

cloth

embroidery

india (nation)

motifs

pattern (design element)

peacocks