Man's Prestige Garment
Object type: Tunic
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Bamileke peoples, Chiefdom of Big Babanki
Date: 20th century
Medium: Cotton fabric with multicolored embroidery
Dimensions: H. 51 3/16 × W. 28 3/4 in. (130 × 73 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Costumes
Geography:    Grassfields region Cameroon  
Credit line: Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1979
Accession year: 1979
Tags: Birds|Butterflies|Flowers