Textile

Museum number:
5-16689
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016689
Alternate number:
B-1897 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Yoruba indigo, tie-dyed textile. 2 pieces sewn together.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 165 centimeters and length 194 centimeters
Loans:
S1971-1972 #138: University of California, Los Angeles (May 20, 1972–May 26, 1972) and S1971-1972 #139: Watts Towers Art Center (May 26, 1972–September 18, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16689, described as Yoruba indigo, tie-dyed textile. 2 pieces sewn together.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16689, described as Yoruba indigo, tie-dyed textile. 2 pieces sewn together.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16689, described as Yoruba indigo, tie-dyed textile. 2 pieces sewn together.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16689, described as Yoruba indigo, tie-dyed textile. 2 pieces sewn together.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16689, described as Yoruba indigo, tie-dyed textile. 2 pieces sewn together.

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