Textile sample (section of narrow band weaving). Beige ground with blue stripe (.9 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. Onílà kan. That which has one facial mark. (Informant identified this and several other cloths as ìdágà (ìdásà ?) but this simply means a "length" in which it is sold). Weavers' name, but corrected to: Kókun olôpó kan. Handspun which has one post. Weavers' name.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 10 centimeters and length 22.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1976-1977 #73: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (April 21, 1977–April 25, 1977)