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Boubou kasaba (embroidered woman's robe)
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Cotton silk, Middle Niger civilization
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Labelle Prussin 1997
Title: Boubou kasaba (embroidered woman's robe)
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Cotton silk, Middle Niger civilization.
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