Textile

Museum number:
5-5335
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Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Contemporary, resist-dyed, cotton textile. (Oloba or “that which has kings”). 2 panels sewn together. Light blue designs and letters on navy ground. 164.0 cm x 163.0 cm.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #113: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Miriam Plotnicov (April 3, 1968–April 30, 1968) and S1979-1980 #57: International House (UC Berkeley) (April 11, 1980–April 14, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Textile, accession number 5-5335, described as Contemporary, resist-dyed, cotton textile. (Oloba or “that which has kings”). 2 panels sewn together. Light blue designs and letters on navy ground. 164.0 cm x 163.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Textile, accession number 5-5335, described as Contemporary, resist-dyed, cotton textile. (Oloba or “that which has kings”). 2 panels sewn together. Light blue designs and letters on navy ground. 164.0 cm x 163.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Textile, accession number 5-5335, described as Contemporary, resist-dyed, cotton textile. (Oloba or “that which has kings”). 2 panels sewn together. Light blue designs and letters on navy ground. 164.0 cm x 163.0 cm.

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