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Aniocha cloth
c. 1965
An Aniocha cloth toga, made in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Red and black weft float patterns are in the form of weft stripes and geometr...
Aniocha cloth double weave
1966-1967
A white on white double weave Aniocha cloth with some drawn thread work, made in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. This is women’s weave; two broad panels woven on a broad vertical loom and sewn tog...
Aniocha cloth double weave
1966-1967
A white on white double weave Aniocha cloth, made in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. This is women’s weave; two broad panels woven on a broad vertical loom and sewn together. There are fringes at...
Jubilee Adire
c. 1963
A piece of resist-dyed cotton fabric in dark blue indigo over light blue, known as an Adire cloth. The piece comprises two lengths sewn together down the middle by machine. Both ends are machine-hemme...
Adire
c. 1963
An Adire cloth made of resist-dyed cotton in dark indigo blue over light blue. The cloth comprises two lengths joined with machine stitching down the centre. The ends are machine-hemmed and the remain...
Jubilee Adire
c. 1963
A resist-dyed cotton Adire fragment in dark blue indigo over light blue. It is machine-hemmed on one edge, with the other edges left raw. The central motif is of a male and female figure set within a ...
Dutch wax type print
mid 20th Century
A strip of resist-dyed cotton in the "Dutch wax technique", which is machine hemmed on both ends. The central design is a foliate pattern in dark blue and green against a lighter blue ground, with pat...
man's head wrapper
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...
Adire cloth
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...
skirt
Wood-Robinson, Valerie
1960-1965
Seen here with the tunic (ITC 2014.18.1), a wrap round skirt with a yellow corn motif in the 'Dutch wax' style. This outfit was made by the donor from fabric bought in the mid1960s in Ibadan, Wester...
indigo tie-dye
mid 20th-late 20th Century
This sample of Nigerian textile was tied, stitched, and indigo dyed, with natural fibre tying threads still apparent. The cloth would have been beaten to glaze it. The design consists of two sections:...
Adire sample
late 20th Century
This piece is part of an indigo resist printed cloth (Adire) with a repeat design and border. The cloth was originally woven with a striped design in a complex weave, and been reused. The block prin...