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Unknown Artist, ‘Cloth with Proverbial Text’, 20th century, Seattle Art Museum
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Nigerian; Yoruba

"Mood Indigo: Textiles From Around the World" Venue: Asian Art Museum

Gift of the Christensen Fund

About Unknown Artist

Exhibition History

Solo Shows

2017
Denver Art Museum, 
Denver,
Ganesha: The Playful Protector
2017
de Young Museum, 
San Francisco,
Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire
2017
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 
Philadelphia ,
Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection
2017
Asia Society, 
New York,
Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia
2016
Brooklyn Museum, 
Brooklyn,
A Woman's Afterlife: Gender Transformation in Ancient Egypt
2016
RMN Grand Palais, 
Paris,
Sites Eternels
2016
Princeton University Art Museum, 
Princeton,
Epic Tales from India: Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art
2016
Legion of Honor, 
San Francisco,
The Future of the Past: Mummies and Medicine
2016
Fowler Museum at UCLA, 
Los Angeles,
Art of the Austronesians: The Legacy of Indo-Pacific Voyaging
2016
Brooklyn Museum, 
Brooklyn,
Permanent Collection Highlights | Egyptian Galleries
2015
National Gallery of Victoria, 
Melbourne,
Blue: Alchemy of a Colour
2015
Legion of Honor, 
San Francisco,
Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure from Berthouville
2015
Davis Museum, 
Wellesley,
Sight Unseen: The Davis Reveals Its Hidden Tapestries
2015
de Young Museum, 
San Francisco,
Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: Nā Hulu Ali‘i
2015
Rijksmuseum, 
Amsterdam,
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Unknown Artist
Cloth with Proverbial Text, 20th century
Cotton cloth, factory woven plain weave, paste resist (adire eleko) with indigo dye
83 11/16 × 212 1/2 in
212.6 × 539.8 cm
Seattle Asian Art Museum

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Seattle Art Museum, 3 locations