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indigo tie-dye
mid 20th-late 20th Century
This sample of Nigerian textile was tied, stitched, and indigo dyed, with natural fibre tying threads still apparent. The cloth would have been beaten to glaze it. The design consists of two sections:...
Tegonni : an African Antigone
Osofisan, Femi; Sophocles; Emory University; University of Ibadan
2007
"This play was first commissioned and produced by the Theatre Emory of the Emory University, Atlanta, USA, in the autumn of 1994, as part of the Theatre department's "Brave New Works" project. This pu...
Aniocha cloth
1966-1967
An Aniocha cloth toga, part of an outfit with a matching wrapper (ITC 2014.107.2), made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Re...
Aniocha cloth
1966-1967
An Aniocha cloth wrapper, part of an outfit with a matching toga (ITC 2014.107.1), made in Ogwashi Uku in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. The basic weave is in white with narrow red warp stripes. Re...
Adire sample
late 20th Century
This piece is part of an indigo resist printed cloth (Adire) with a repeat design and border. The cloth was originally woven with a striped design in a complex weave, and been reused. The block prin...
Aniocha cloth double weave
1966-1967
A white on white double weave Aniocha cloth with some drawn thread work, made in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. This is women’s weave; two broad panels woven on a broad vertical loom and sewn tog...
tufted blanket
c.1980-1985
This is a large multicoloured blanket made up of 9 strips, each approximately 17 cm (7 inches) wide, and sewn together. It features elaborate weft designs, with tufted stripes (‘cut pile’) alterna...
Akwuete cloth
c.1964-1965
This is a handwoven Akwuete cloth, woven by a woman on a vertical loom. (Akwuete is a town in eastern Igboland, southeastern Nigeria.) The cloth consists of two broad panels stitched together, with fr...
Akwuete cloth
c.1964-1965
This is a handwoven Akwuete cloth, woven by a woman on a vertical loom. (Akwuete is a town in eastern Igboland, southeastern Nigeria.) The cloth consists of two broad panels stitched together, with fr...
Hausa blanket
c.1964-1966
This is a Hausa camel hair blanket from northern Nigeria. It has been handwoven in five strips and then handsewn together. It has a weft stripe design with the dominant colours being white, brown, red...
Bida cloth
c.1978-1982
This is a multicoloured Bida cloth, woven by a Nupe woman on a vertical loom. (Bida is the capital of the Nupe kingdom in the Nigerian Middle Belt.) It has sections in green, white, red, purple and bl...
Dutch wax type print
mid 20th Century
A strip of resist-dyed cotton in the "Dutch wax technique", which is machine hemmed on both ends. The central design is a foliate pattern in dark blue and green against a lighter blue ground, with pat...