Cloth

Museum number:
5-7038a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21057038a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2410
Description:
a) unfinished cloth, white cotton, plain weave, doubled, pleated, tied at intervals w/ raffia; 43.5 x 5 cm. b) finished pattern of (a), indigo-dyed cotton; stripes over imprint; 81.3 x 36.3 cm.
Donor:
Ruth Radmore
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Abeokuta; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Ruth Radmore
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
a— length 43.5 centimeters, b— length 81.3 centimeters, a— width 5 centimeters, and b— width 36.3 centimeters
Comment:
(Murdock 31:31)
Loans:
S1971-1972 #139: Watts Towers Art Center (May 26, 1972–September 18, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Cloth, accession number 5-7038a,b, described as a) unfinished cloth, white cotton, plain weave, doubled, pleated, tied at intervals w/ raffia; 43.5 x 5 cm. b) finished pattern of (a), indigo-dyed cotton; stripes over imprint; 81.3 x 36.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Cloth, accession number 5-7038a,b, described as a) unfinished cloth, white cotton, plain weave, doubled, pleated, tied at intervals w/ raffia; 43.5 x 5 cm. b) finished pattern of (a), indigo-dyed cotton; stripes over imprint; 81.3 x 36.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Cloth, accession number 5-7038a,b, described as a) unfinished cloth, white cotton, plain weave, doubled, pleated, tied at intervals w/ raffia; 43.5 x 5 cm. b) finished pattern of (a), indigo-dyed cotton; stripes over imprint; 81.3 x 36.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Cloth, accession number 5-7038a,b, described as a) unfinished cloth, white cotton, plain weave, doubled, pleated, tied at intervals w/ raffia; 43.5 x 5 cm. b) finished pattern of (a), indigo-dyed cotton; stripes over imprint; 81.3 x 36.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 5-7038a,b, described as a) unfinished cloth, white cotton, plain weave, doubled, pleated, tied at intervals w/ raffia; 43.5 x 5 cm. b) finished pattern of (a), indigo-dyed cotton; stripes over imprint; 81.3 x 36.3 cm.

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