Cache-Sexe, 12th century, Mali, Tellem peoples, Fiber, 3 1/4 x 6in. (8.3 x 15.2cm), Basketry-Costumes, This carefully crafted object is part of a rare group of female 'modesty skirts,' which are thought to have been worn low on the hips and held in place with a fiber cord. Commonly called a 'cache-sexe,' these fiber skirts are the oldest of their type to have survived the tropical climate of West Africa
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Cache-Sexe, 12th century, Mali, Tellem peoples, Fiber, 3 1/4 x 6in, 8.3 15.2cm, Basketry-Costumes, carefully, crafted, object, part, rare group, female, modesty skirts, thought, worn low, hips, held, place, fiber cord, Commonly, cache-sexe, oldest, type, survived, tropical climate, West Africa
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