MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Child's Loincloth
Object Name:
Loincloth, Child's
Other Name:
Loincloth, Homespun, Cotton
Place of Origin:
Loma (Toma), Liberia / Guinea, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
L = 18"
W = 15—1/2"

The Loma / Toma tribal people occupy an area spanning the border of Liberia & Guinea.
Description:
Black, blue and white striped, homespun, cotton, child's loincloth. Horizontially striped waistband, with vertically striped, three—piece, tasseled, lower portion.
Collection:
Marianne Keown Collection
Material:
Cotton
Used:
Domestic Use
Technique:
Weaving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2015.3.7
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