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Textile:
ITC 2014.102.1

c.1964-1965

This is a handwoven Akwuete cloth, woven by a woman on a vertical loom. (Akwuete is a town in eastern Igboland, southeastern Nigeria.) The cloth consists of two broad panels stitched together, with fr...

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ITC 2014.79.1

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...

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ITC 2014.18.1

A tunic with a high neck and patch pockets, printed in a yellow corn motif in the 'Dutch wax' style. This outfit was made by the donor from fabric bought in the mid1960s in Ibadan, Western Nigeria. ...

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ITC 2014.107.1

1966-1967

An Aniocha cloth toga, part of an outfit with a matching wrapper (ITC 2014.107.2), made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Re...

Textile:
ITC 2014.35.1

Before 2001

An indigo, gold and pale yellow tie dyed dress from the Delta, Nigeria, with machined embroidery around the neck and sleeve edges, which are lined with interfacing. The dress is cut from two large pi...

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ITC 2014.36.1

Before 2001

A green and brown tie dyed dress from the Delta, Nigeria with scalloped edges and seam in yellow and green machine embroidery running around the seams and down the centre of the garment front and back...

Textile:
ITC 2014.100

c.1978-1982

This is a light grey handwoven Bida cloth, woven by a Nupe woman on a vertical loom. (Bida is the capital of the Nupe kingdom in the Nigerian Middle Belt.) It is made up of two broad panels stitched t...

Textile:
ITC 2014.101

c.1978-1982

This is a multicoloured Bida cloth, woven by a Nupe woman on a vertical loom. (Bida is the capital of the Nupe kingdom in the Nigerian Middle Belt.) It has sections in green, white, red, purple and bl...

Textile:
ITC 2014.102.2

c.1964-1965

This is a handwoven Akwuete cloth, woven by a woman on a vertical loom. (Akwuete is a town in eastern Igboland, southeastern Nigeria.) The cloth consists of two broad panels stitched together, with fr...

Textile:
ITC 2014.103

c. 1965

A striped and geometrically patterned black, red and yellow kilt, to be worn with a toga. It was woven on a vertical loom by a woman in the town of Ewohimi, in the Ishan area, northeast of Benin City....

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ITC 2014.104

c. 1965

This is a toga, woven by a woman in the Ishan area, northeast of Benin City in southern Nigeria, on a vertical loom. It was woven in three broad panels and sewn together, and has twisted fringing at b...

Textile:
ITC 2014.105

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...