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Wrapper (Nigeria), 1950s
Wrapper with a grid of large Xs on a field of small circles. Design created through tied- and stitched-resist patterning methods, in white on a deep blue ground.
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Adire Wrapper (Nigeria), ca. 1960
Indigo-dyed wrapper patterned with stitched resist. The field has a checkerboard layout of alternating design squares, one containing a pyramid-like shape of stacked lines, and the other a sunburst or…
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Textile (Nigeria), ca. 1960
Textile with borders on four sides and a densely patterned field. Two oval medallions with figures of a man and crowned woman, surrounded by figures, animals and plants. On the…
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Woman’s Wrapper (Nigeria), early to mid-20th century
Wrapper with bands of geometric pattern separated by four black stripes on a white ground. Pattern is a repeating figure of a triangle with three-pronged appendages. The black supplementary wefts…
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Woman’s Wrapper (Nigeria), early 20th century
Dark brown cloth, fringed on both warp ends, with bands of supplementary weft patterning in yellow rayon. Bands of horizontal stripes, checkerboard pattern, and small huts, with a crocodile in…
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Woman’s Head Wrap (Nigeria), early to mid-20th century
Head wrap formed of seven narrow strips sewn together selvedge to selvedge. Each strip has a single light blue vertical stripe on a tan background. Patterned with regularly-spaced geometric motifs…
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Woman’s Head Wrap (Nigeria), early to mid-20th century
Woman’s head wrap with vertical stripes of purple, tan, red, yellow and light blue, crossed with horizontal bands of supplementary weft patterning in lozenge and checkerboard designs, in yellow, green…
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Woman’s Head Wrap (Nigeria), early to mid-20th century
Woman’s head tie of light tan and green striped fabric patterned by bands containing zigzag motifs in alternating yellow and blue. Fringed at both ends.
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Woman’s Head Wrap Or Baby Carrier (Nigeria), mid- 20th century
Length of white cotton with three broad stripes in black and tan. Fringed at both ends.
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Wrapper (Nigeria), mid- 20th century
Wrapper with a checkerboard of rectangles separated by rows of dots. Each rectangle is filled alternately with a floral pattern or rows of small triangles. Design reserved in white on…
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