Yoruba tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric panel. dyed in 7 lengthwise bands, divided by a 2-3 cm. stripes. decorated bands featuring a zigzag pattern of leaf shapes and Christian crosses in each triangle formed by leaves. tied with raffia, fragment still adhering. Purchased from Abeokuta
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1946
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 184.5 centimeters and width 82 centimeters
Comment:
Notation on verso of Bascom invenrtory card: “Same as 1898; followed by a pencil sketch of the fabric’s pattern.” Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: U-3-10
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)