Yoruba resist dyed commercial fabric--deep indigo ground patterned with white alternating bands of small dots and pineapples and vegetation. composed of 2, 82.5 cm. wide panels sewn together. Purchased from Abeokuta
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Household, clothing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 165 centimeters and length 191.5 centimeters