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Textile:
ITC 2022.178

late 20th Century

A man's head wrapper made up of eight narrow strips hand sewn together and heavily dyed in indigo. This item was purchased from the dyer in a village outside Kano. These male head wrappers are made b...

Textile:
ITC 1788

mid 20th Century

This piece of Adire tie-dyed fabric, sometimes known adire alabere, is created by tying small stones, woodchips, seeds or beans into the cloth prior to dyeing. It has been constructed from two smalle...

Textile:
ITC 2010.836

before 1930

A long mat or cloth with fringing on either end, hand woven with cotton weft, grass warp and cotton selvedge. An accompanying exhibition label from the early 20th century states that the grass was br...

Textile:
ITC 2022.206

late 20th Century

A narrow strip of unbleached cotton.. The strip would be cut into lengths, which are then sewn together to create a man’s head wrapper and then dyed in indigo.The collector visited a village outside...