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Adire textile: woman's: made of textile plain woven European cotton. Composed of 10 narrow strips of imported cotton stitched together and hemmed on a sewing machine. Each individual strip has been folded and rolled lengthwise then rapped with cotton thread then dyed using indigo. This creates the ELELO or ‘ the owner of tinting (coiling)' pattern. This name refers to the method of manufacture. This method creates alternating warp stripes. The item was purchased at OKE-SENI compound, IBADAN, and is said not to be made anywhere else.
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