Textile

Museum number:
5-15223
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[60] (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
textile; tie-dye plainweave indigo cloth; geom. designs + lg. sunbursts; indigo w/ lt. blue designs; 2 lengths machine-sewn together; 173 x 200 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Context of use:
woman's garment. Cf. 5-7037-45
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 200 centimeters and width 173 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Textile, accession number 5-15223, described as textile; tie-dye plainweave indigo cloth; geom. designs + lg. sunbursts; indigo w/ lt. blue designs; 2 lengths machine-sewn together; 173 x 200 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Textile, accession number 5-15223, described as textile; tie-dye plainweave indigo cloth; geom. designs + lg. sunbursts; indigo w/ lt. blue designs; 2 lengths machine-sewn together; 173 x 200 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Textile, accession number 5-15223, described as textile; tie-dye plainweave indigo cloth; geom. designs + lg. sunbursts; indigo w/ lt. blue designs; 2 lengths machine-sewn together; 173 x 200 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15223, described as textile; tie-dye plainweave indigo cloth; geom. designs + lg. sunbursts; indigo w/ lt. blue designs; 2 lengths machine-sewn together; 173 x 200 cm.

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