Textile sample (section of narrow band weaving). Beige ground; large striped area 2.2 cm wide of navy, tan, beige, navy, beige, navy to left of center is tan and pale blue.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria, Oyo, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
February-April 1951
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
January 24, 1972
Context of use:
Short section of cloth cut from a long length of fabric woven and ready for market. Made by professional male weaver on "horizontal narrow band treadle loom." Finished strips, are then cut and sewn into garments by tailor. Samples collected in marketplace, weavers' compounds, and some with the help of a Yoruba master weaver. A duplicate set was made for the American Museum of NAtural History, New York City. Oyin lóyè. Honey is title. Probably a club name. Fû elêpínkun. Fû which has naturally tan cotton. Weavers' name.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 22 centimeters and width 9 centimeters
Loans:
S1976-1977 #73: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (April 21, 1977–April 25, 1977)