Textile and Fashion Arts

royal ceremonial jacket
royal ceremonial jacket
Culture or people Yoruba people
Creation date 1935-1950
Materials wool, cotton, silk velvet, jute, raffia, glass and bugle beads
Dimensions 47 x 62 3/4 in. (w/beads)
Credit line Martha Delzell Memorial Fund
Accession number 2005.30
Provenance
Private collection, England. Acquired by English collector before 1955. Purchased by Eric Robertson, in 1979, New York {1}; (Robertson African Art, New York, New York); purchased by Indianapolis Museum of Art (September 15, 2005).
{1} Information obtained from IMA curatorial records.


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