Textile

Museum number:
5-16388
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1775a (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
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
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 174.7 centimeters and width 85.7 centimeters
Comment:
Notation on verso of Bascom inventory card: Sketched and identified 1966 (followed by a sketch of the design). Slide; PAHMA Storage Loc: U-3-5
Loans:
S1967-1968 #82: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (February 8, 1968–April 1, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 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 marketHearst Museum object 2 of 4 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 marketHearst Museum object 3 of 4 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 marketHearst Museum object 4 of 4 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

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