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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Cocoon, museum number 5-12905, described as cocoon cluster (communal nest); wild silk cocoon, tan; l. ca. 17 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fabric sample, museum number 5-16750, described as sample of Yoruba narrow loom weaving composed of 2 joined swatches. both are striped; one with narrow tan, white, black stripes set off by a wide center stripe of white and indigo tripple bands of dark red are woven across the stripes. the second is woven of beige with a center stripe of yellow/blue red and white/indigo. each beige segment is bisected with a narrow indigo stripe. swatches are joined along 1 long edge.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Skein, museum number 5-12903, described as skein white cotton thread; l. 23 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Skeins, museum number 5-12904a,b, described as skeins of indigo-dyed cotton thread (2); a) l. 92 cm.; b) l. 10 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Teeth, crystal, and seed, museum number 5-15986a-c, described as 33 pieces of clear quartz, 2 seed pods, 185 teeth (shark?), fabric bag (possible to carry the items in).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Textile, museum 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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Textile, museum 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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Textile, museum number 5-16404, described as Yoruba tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric panel. dyed in 7 lengthwise bands featuring a zigzag pattern of leaf shapes. christian crosses in each triangle formed by leaves, tied with raffia, fragments still adhering.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Textile, museum number 5-16776, described as woven, fringed Yoruba textile; white with navy weft overlay patterned bands. coarse weave. cotton yarn appears to be hand spun. Conservation: Dirty
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Textile, museum 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