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Tunic

Before 1659
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
The fashion and design sensibility of the ancient textiles recovered from the Bandiagara caves is also found in several related tunics acquired in the seventeenth century by the wealthy Ulm merchant Christoph Weickmann. Among them is this spectacular royal robe, which was likely carried to the Atlantic coast via Mande trade networks and exported to Europe from the kingdom of Ardra by the mid-seventeenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tunic
  • Date: Before 1659
  • Medium: Cotton, indigo
  • Dimensions: H. 50 13/16 × W. (top) 75 3/16 x W. (bottom) 38 3/16 in. (129 × 191 x 97 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Costumes
  • Credit Line: Weickmann Collection, Museum Ulm, Germany (D. 41)
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing