Scarf

  • Titles Scarf (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk
  • Dimensions 41 x 15 in. (104.1 x 38.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Coleman Cooper in memory of his mother, Olive Bryan Cooper, 1984.195.5
  • Work Type scarf
  • Classification Costume

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