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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...
Aso-Oke outfit: shoulder cloth
c.1976-1984
This is a large, predominantly blue handwoven Aso-Oke shoulder cloth, woven in Ilorin, northern Yorubaland. Aso-Oke is a highly prized form of Yoruba handwoven cloth. This cloth is made up of ten narr...
Adire cloth
c.1976-1984
This is a large Yoruba Adire cloth, starch resist dyed, probably produced using synthetic indigo dye. This cloth is made up of two panels, sewn together. The two ends are machine sewn, perhaps to disp...
Yoruba batik panel
c.1976-1984
This is a freehand, wax resist dyed, batik panel, with selvedge on two sides. It depicts two individuals, along with a variety of other items, inside a border. The items depicted illustrate various a...
Yoruba batik panel
c.1976-1984
This is a freehand, wax resist dyed, batik panel with selvedge on two sides. It shows a large bird on the ground, three smaller birds flying above it,and part of a sun in the top right-hand corner Th...
Yoruba batik panel
c.1976-1984
This is a freehand, wax resist dyed, batik panel with selvedge on two sides. It shows an anthropomorphised cat-like creature playing a stringed musical instrument. A smaller long-necked creature loo...
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...
Aso-Oke outfit: wrapper
c.1976-1984
This is a large, predominantly blue handwoven Aso-Oke wrapper, woven in Ilorin, northern Yorubaland. Aso-Oke is a highly prized form of Yoruba handwoven cloth. This cloth is made up of fourteen narrow...
Aso-Oke cloth
c.1976-1984
This is an Aso-Oke cloth, woven in Ilorin, northern Yorubaland. Aso-Oke is a highly prized form of Yoruba handwoven cloth. This cloth consists of 14 Aso-Oke strips woven by a man on a horizontal loom ...
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. The colours of this strip are c...
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. This strip features warp stripe...
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. This strip uses cream and sand-...