Textile

Museum number:
5-15266
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
narrow band weaving; warp stripes of white, black, green, red & olive weft is black with some sections of lt. blue; textured section caused by knots where warp was added on to; predominately warp faced; 10 1/2 cm long x 70 cm wide
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Context of use:
see 5-10951 for same pattern
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 70 centimeters and length 10.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 5-15266, described as narrow band weaving; warp stripes of white, black, green, red & olive weft is black with some sections of lt. blue; textured section caused by knots where warp was added on to; predominately warp faced; 10 1/2 cm long x 70 cm wideHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 5-15266, described as narrow band weaving; warp stripes of white, black, green, red & olive weft is black with some sections of lt. blue; textured section caused by knots where warp was added on to; predominately warp faced; 10 1/2 cm long x 70 cm wide
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15266, described as narrow band weaving; warp stripes of white, black, green, red & olive weft is black with some sections of lt. blue; textured section caused by knots where warp was added on to; predominately warp faced; 10 1/2 cm long x 70 cm wide

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