Location:
Mezzanin: Benin and Ethiopia: Art, Power, Resilience

Velvet cloak with gold embroidery

kabba lanqa

Location:
Mezzanin: Benin and Ethiopia: Art, Power, Resilience

Inv. No.

90906

Collection

Sub-Saharan Africa

Object Name

Velvet cloak with gold embroidery

Artist

Unbekannte Werkstatt, Shoa, Äthiopien

Collection

Lij Iyassu (1897 - 1935) - GND

Dated

ca. 1900

Accession Date

1914

Geography

Afrika südlich der Sahara/Nordost-Afrika/Äthiopien

Material

Silk, velvet with metal embroidery from metal fancy double threads and paillettes, gilded metal; satin from silk and cotton