Garment

Museum number:
5-15265
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
Garment. 2 panels, red with narrow black, blue and green warp stripes. The blue stripes have faded on one side and now appear white and grey. Multi-colored geometric patterns woven across the fabric. 2 panels joined with occasional sewing. 230 centimeters long (including fringe) by 136 centimeters wide. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced ground fabric with figures woven in brocade with rayon yarn.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Yoruba
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Main garments
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Garment, accession number 5-15265, described as Garment. 2 panels, red with narrow black, blue and green warp stripes. The blue stripes have faded on one side and now appear white and grey. Multi-colored geometric patterns woven across the fabric. 2 panels joined with occasional sewing. 230 centimeters long (including fringe) by 136 centimeters wide. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced ground fabric with figures woven in brocade with rayon yarn.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Garment, accession number 5-15265, described as Garment. 2 panels, red with narrow black, blue and green warp stripes. The blue stripes have faded on one side and now appear white and grey. Multi-colored geometric patterns woven across the fabric. 2 panels joined with occasional sewing. 230 centimeters long (including fringe) by 136 centimeters wide. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced ground fabric with figures woven in brocade with rayon yarn.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Garment, accession number 5-15265, described as Garment. 2 panels, red with narrow black, blue and green warp stripes. The blue stripes have faded on one side and now appear white and grey. Multi-colored geometric patterns woven across the fabric. 2 panels joined with occasional sewing. 230 centimeters long (including fringe) by 136 centimeters wide. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced ground fabric with figures woven in brocade with rayon yarn.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Garment, accession number 5-15265, described as Garment. 2 panels, red with narrow black, blue and green warp stripes. The blue stripes have faded on one side and now appear white and grey. Multi-colored geometric patterns woven across the fabric. 2 panels joined with occasional sewing. 230 centimeters long (including fringe) by 136 centimeters wide. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced ground fabric with figures woven in brocade with rayon yarn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Garment, accession number 5-15265, described as Garment. 2 panels, red with narrow black, blue and green warp stripes. The blue stripes have faded on one side and now appear white and grey. Multi-colored geometric patterns woven across the fabric. 2 panels joined with occasional sewing. 230 centimeters long (including fringe) by 136 centimeters wide. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced ground fabric with figures woven in brocade with rayon yarn.

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