Man's Robe
| Culture | Nupe |
|---|---|
| Title | Man's Robe (Sabu) |
| Date | 20th century |
| Medium | Cotton, indigo, and and silk |
| Dimensions | Overall: 96 in. (243.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift in honor of Roy and Sophia Sieber, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 2002.60 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
2002, Gift to the Indiana University Art Museum from a private collector [1]
Unidentified dates, unidentified owner(s), possibly in Nupe culture, Nigeria, and/or other places [2]
Notes
[1] The collector wishes to remain anonymous.
[2] We do not yet know how many changes in ownership transpired between when this artwork was initially made and owned to when the donor acquired it. This absence of documentation on ownership history within the cultures where the artworks were made and used is part of a larger history of collecting practices that did not record prior ownership among communities of origin.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
April 6–September 8, 2024, “Interlacing in African Textiles,” African Textile Gallery Exhibition, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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"Man's Robe | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2002.60