Textile

Museum number:
5-16118
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4747
Description:
hand dyed with indigo; starch resist, hemmed on non-selvage edges. dark and light blue pattern of swimming birds, and geometric bands forming squares separated by striped bands. two 34" panels sewn together.
Donor:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection place:
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Nigeria, Abeokuta, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection date:
1979
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
December 14, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 201 centimeters and width 162 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 5-16118, described as hand dyed with indigo; starch resist, hemmed on non-selvage edges. dark and light blue pattern of swimming birds, and geometric bands forming squares separated by striped bands. two 34" panels sewn together.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 5-16118, described as hand dyed with indigo; starch resist, hemmed on non-selvage edges. dark and light blue pattern of swimming birds, and geometric bands forming squares separated by striped bands. two 34" panels sewn together.

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