Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Wrapper (Nigeria), early 20th century

  Woman’s wrapper with a large-scale design of two columns of squares, each criss-crossed by diagonal lines. Field of small white circles. In white on a deep blue ground.

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  Textile (Nigeria), early 20th century

  Long strip of woven cotton with a simple woven windowpane check; a wide stripe down the center is edged with light blue and has two parallel lines of white ikat.

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  Textile (Nigeria), ca. 1950

  Central medallion shows a man and a crowned woman with lettering above their heads reading OKASA AKA UNI. The medallion is derived from one designed to commemorate the Silver Jubilee…

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  Fragment (Nigeria), mid-20th century

  Reversible square fragment of dark red, with a center band of blue, yellow and white weft floats which form a geometric pattern.

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  Textile (Thailand), ca. 1960

  Long hadwoven breath, warm burnt-orange, with thick yellow weft and fine magenta warp, giving changeable effect when crumpled. At one end, an inch-wide band in which fine blue weft replaces…

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  Panel (Thailand), mid-20th century

  Long brilliant cerise panel, handwoven. Fine magenta warp of light weight wild silk and thick, flossy weft of bright orange. silk is from worm of East Thailand which feeds on…

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  Fragment (Nigeria), 1961

  Narrow-woven light-brown cotton with light-blue stripes, embroidered in a highly abstract pattern in gold-colored rayon thread.

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  Fragment (Nigeria), 1961

  Embroidered sample for a tunic front in light brown and blue striped cotton, pieced together from four narrow strips. The neck opening is indicated, and the front is embroidered with…

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  Fragment (Nigeria), 1961

  Narrow-woven, tan cotton cloth with ivory stripes, embroidered with gray rayon in an asymmetrical scrolling pattern.

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  Baby Carrier (Nigeria), mid- 20th century

  Tie used by Nigerian women to fasten babies to themselves. Long narrow rectangle with stripes of blue, black, yellow, red and brown. Fringed at both ends.