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head scarf
Before 2001
An indigo, gold and pale yellow tie dyed head scarf. The piece is constructed from one long and four short fragments machine stitched and hemmed. The damask material has a small star patterning, and...
head scarf
Before 2001
A green and brown tie dyed head scarf. The piece is constructed from one long and four short fragments machine stitched and hemmed. The damask material has a small circle patterning, and the tie-dye...
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...
Aso-Oke outfit: head tie
c.1976-1984
This is a large, predominantly blue handwoven Aso-Oke head tie, woven in Ilorin, northern Yorubaland. Aso-Oke is a highly prized form of Yoruba handwoven cloth. This cloth is made up of six narrow st...
narrow strip
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...
Aniocha cloth
1966-1967
An Aniocha cloth head tie in plain white, made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. This is women’s weave; a broad panel woven on a broad vertical loom. There are fringes at both ends...
Aniocha cloth
1966-1967
An Aniocha cloth head tie, made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Red and black weft float motifs are in the form of weft st...
Aniocha cloth
1966-1967
An Aniocha cloth head tie, made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Red and black weft float motifs are in the form of weft st...
Yoruba painted cloth picture
c.1976-1984
This is a Yoruba cloth picture, painted using felt or marker pens with pencil lines serving as guidelines. It features a crosshatched black and white border and a mosaic-like design, depicting three Y...
Yoruba batik panel
c.1970-1984
This is a freehand, wax resist, dyed batik panel with selvedge on two sides. It shows three figures, in blue, brown and white. The figures are wearing similar clothing, maybe indicating that they belo...
Yoruba batik panel
c.1970-1984
This is a freehand, wax resist dyed, batik panel with a figure apparently carrying another figure on its head, inside a simple line border. There is selvedge on two sides. The faces appear somewhat hu...
Aso-Oke cloth strip
c.1976-1984
This is a single strip of Aso-Oke cloth, woven in Ilorin, northern Yorubaland, by a man on a horizontal loom. Aso-Oke is a highly prized form of Yoruba handwoven cloth. In this strip, the basic weave ...