Insika (interior screen)

Tutsi peoples

1930–1959

Not on view

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Title: Insika (interior screen)
Date: 1930–1959
Geography: Rwanda or Burundi
Culture: Tutsi peoples
Medium: Plant fibers
Dimensions: W. 23 1/16 × L. 41 3/4 in. (58.5 × 106 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Credit Line: Purchase, Sidney and Bernice Clyman Family Foundation Gift, 2023
Object Number: 2023.409
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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