Textile

Museum number:
5-16403
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1896 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
tie dye fabric. 2 panels of tie dyed (indigo and white) commercial fabric sewn loosely together with raffia thread. each panel divided by white tie dye bands, into rows of 2 large blocks with center medallions surrounded by "asterisks" randomly placed throughout the block. 17-18 cm solid band at each end, tied with raffia, fragments still adhering. Conservation: water stains, dirty spot.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1952
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Raffia (fiber)
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:
each panel— width 86 centimeters, length 173 centimeters, and width 172 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: U-3-5
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16403, described as tie dye fabric. 2 panels of tie dyed (indigo and white) commercial fabric sewn loosely together with raffia thread. each panel divided by white tie dye bands, into rows of 2 large blocks with center medallions surrounded by "asterisks" randomly placed throughout the block. 17-18 cm solid band at each end, tied with raffia, fragments still adhering. Conservation: water stains, dirty spot.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16403, described as tie dye fabric. 2 panels of tie dyed (indigo and white) commercial fabric sewn loosely together with raffia thread. each panel divided by white tie dye bands, into rows of 2 large blocks with center medallions surrounded by "asterisks" randomly placed throughout the block. 17-18 cm solid band at each end, tied with raffia, fragments still adhering. Conservation: water stains, dirty spot.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16403, described as tie dye fabric. 2 panels of tie dyed (indigo and white) commercial fabric sewn loosely together with raffia thread. each panel divided by white tie dye bands, into rows of 2 large blocks with center medallions surrounded by "asterisks" randomly placed throughout the block. 17-18 cm solid band at each end, tied with raffia, fragments still adhering. Conservation: water stains, dirty spot.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16403, described as tie dye fabric. 2 panels of tie dyed (indigo and white) commercial fabric sewn loosely together with raffia thread. each panel divided by white tie dye bands, into rows of 2 large blocks with center medallions surrounded by "asterisks" randomly placed throughout the block. 17-18 cm solid band at each end, tied with raffia, fragments still adhering. Conservation: water stains, dirty spot.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Textile, accession number 5-16403, described as tie dye fabric. 2 panels of tie dyed (indigo and white) commercial fabric sewn loosely together with raffia thread. each panel divided by white tie dye bands, into rows of 2 large blocks with center medallions surrounded by "asterisks" randomly placed throughout the block. 17-18 cm solid band at each end, tied with raffia, fragments still adhering. Conservation: water stains, dirty spot.

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