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Rank Badge (Korea), 1900–1957
Rectangle of dark green damask heavily embroidered in bright polychrome silks in design of two spotted dogs amid stylized cloud forms. The dogs’ eyes are of couched gold (wound on…
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Wrapper (Nigeria), early 20th century
Woman’s wrapper with a large-scale design of two columns of squares, each criss-crossed by diagonal lines. Field of small white circles. In white on a deep blue ground.
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Textile (Nigeria), early 20th century
Long strip of woven cotton with a simple woven windowpane check; a wide stripe down the center is edged with light blue and has two parallel lines of white ikat.
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Textile (Nigeria), ca. 1950
Central medallion shows a man and a crowned woman with lettering above their heads reading OKASA AKA UNI. The medallion is derived from one designed to commemorate the Silver Jubilee…
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Rank Badge (China), 19th century
Rank badge of a sixth-rank civil official. A white egret in the center is surrounded by swirling clouds, waves, a small pagoda under a tree, and auspicious symbols.
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Rank Badge (China)
Qing dynasty Mandarin rank badge with crane, waves, plant forms, and clouds. Mainly in dark blue and gold.
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Fragment (Nigeria), mid-20th century
Reversible square fragment of dark red, with a center band of blue, yellow and white weft floats which form a geometric pattern.
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Fragment (Nigeria), 1961
Narrow-woven light-brown cotton with light-blue stripes, embroidered in a highly abstract pattern in gold-colored rayon thread.
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Fragment (Nigeria), 1961
Embroidered sample for a tunic front in light brown and blue striped cotton, pieced together from four narrow strips. The neck opening is indicated, and the front is embroidered with…
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