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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...
Okene cloth
c.1977-1979
This is a handwoven Okene cloth, woven by an Ebira woman on a vertical loom. (The home of the Ebira people is the town and environs of Okene in the Nigerian Middle Belt.) It consists of a single panel...
Adire cloth
late 20th Century
This piece of Adire tie-dyed fabric, sometimes known adire alabere, is created by tying small stones, woodchips, seeds or beans into the cloth prior to dyeing. The Yoruba tribe of Nigeria produced ma...
Adire cloth
c.1970-1984
Made from a damask-type cloth, this Yoruba Adire cloth has selvedge on two sides. It features a repeated starburst design, produced by folding the cloth to form a rectangle, holding the centre of the ...
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...
Adire cloth
mid 20th Century
This piece of Adire tie-dyed fabric, sometimes known adire alabere, is created by tying small stones, woodchips, seeds or beans into the cloth prior to dyeing. It has been constructed from two smalle...
Aniocha cloth double weave
1966-1967
A white on white double weave Aniocha cloth, made in the Western Igbo area of Nigeria. This is women’s weave; two broad panels woven on a broad vertical loom and sewn together. There are fringes at...
Okene cloth
c.1977-1979
This is a handwoven Okene cloth, woven by an Ebira woman on a vertical loom. (The home of the Ebira people is the town and environs of Okene in the Nigerian Middle Belt.) It consists of a single pane...
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...
Yoruba batik
c. 1975
This is a long rectangular Yoruba batik cloth, with selvedge on two sides. It is wax resist dyed using stamping blocks to create a wave design. The wave motifs are arranged in threes and an overall ch...
Olokun Adire cloth
c. 1977
This is a Yoruba Adire cloth with selvedge on two sides; the other two sides have been machine sewn. It is freehand starch resist dyed. The colours are dark indigo and mustard yellow. The design is ma...
Adire cloth
c.1970-1984
This is a Yoruba Adire cloth, probably produced using synthetic indigo dye. It is machine sewn at both ends, possibly to display it as a wall hanging, with selvedge on the sides. It is composed of two...