Object name: Textile / Culture or time period: African cultures / Accession number: Acc.4739 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16388, described as 1 panel tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric made into a curtain. design is made up of alternating bands of white and leaf patterns. Purchased at Badagry market

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16689, described as Yoruba indigo, tie-dyed textile. 2 pieces sewn together.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16393, described as Yoruba tie-dyed (indigo and white) fabric panels. 15 - 20.5 cm solid indigo band on each end. dyed in three lengthwise of blocks, 27.5 cm x 37cm, decorated with tie dyed cross hatch patterns and asterisks. blocks separated by solid tie dyed bands of white. tied with raffia, fragments still adhering.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16389, described as tie dyed fabric panel, indigo and white, panel dyed in 4 bands separated by white band. dyed bands feature 10 pointed starts separated 10 gradusted horizontal bands with an asterisk at each end of most. tied with raffia, some fragments adhering. tiny fleck of pink appear in some of the asterisk forms. Purchased from Adire at Badagry market

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16396, described as Yoruba resist dyed commercial fabric--deep indigo ground patterned with white alternating bands of small dots and pineapples and vegetation. composed of 2, 82.5 cm. wide panels sewn together. Purchased from Abeokuta

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16777, described as 1 panel tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric made into a curtain. design is made up of alternating bands of white and leaf patterns. Conservation: Brass rings at 37.5cm from finished end.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16774, described as Yoruba tie dyed indigo and white; 2 panels loosely sewn together with raffia; dyed in 7 lengthwise bands, divided by a 2-3cm stripe. decorative bands feature a zigzag of leaf shapes and Christian crosses in each triangle formed by leaves. tied with raffia; fragments still adhering.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16778, described as 1 panel tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric made into a curtain. design is made up of alternating bands of white and leaf patterns. Conservation: Brass rings at 37cm from finished end

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16408, described as Ashanti cloth. narrow loom Khente cloth made up of 13 bands 8-9cm wide. 4 bands are traditional yellow, dark red, navy, green, hand loomed, separated by 1,2, or 3 bands of indigo and white. bands sewn together by hand.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16386, described as textile; woman's cloth fragment; woven natural cotton with narrow blue stripes throughout body--one selvage edge finished with a band (5 cm) of blue, neutral, and navy narrow stripes (13 total). one end fringed with worf fringe. Conservation: Hole in middle of one side. Appears to be a burn hole, stains in several places.