Textile sample (section of narrow band weaving). Beige ground with three dark blue stripes with blue-white tint between, forming total stripe of 1.5 cm in center.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria, Oyo, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
February-April 1951
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
January 24, 1972
Context of use:
Short section of cloth cut from a long length of fabric woven and ready for market. Made by professional male weaver on "horizontal narrow band treadle loom." Finished strips, are then cut and sewn into garments by tailor. Samples collected in marketplace, weavers' compounds, and some with the help of a Yoruba master weaver. A duplicate set was made for the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. Kuti gbé mi sarìn. Kuti (a coarse cloth) of "Takes me to the middle." The latter is a club name. Kókun olôpó meta. Handspun which has three posts. Weavers' name.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 9.5 centimeters and length 23 centimeters
Loans:
S1976-1977 #73: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (April 21, 1977–April 25, 1977)