gown;
tobe
- Museum number
- 2008,2025.52
- Description
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Gown (riga). Composed of four sections of machine woven dyed cream cotton machine sewn together. There is a large oblong pocket covering about 1/3rd of the body panel. The gown is then decorated with extensive embroidery in dyed red, yellow, green, blue, black, pink and white silk. The patterns are geometric in shape and arrangement and can be found around the neck extending to a large spiral on the back of the gown. The shapes are predominantly made up of stripes. The sleeves and base of the gown are hemmed.
- Production date
- 1975
- Dimensions
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Length: 142 centimetres
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Width: 231 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- 52 = C197/E173
(Heathcote’s notes)
Riga, Allura Biyu. Bought from the Emir of Zaria, Alhaji Shehu Idris, in Zaria in July 1975, for Naira 74. New. Embroidered in Kano.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2008 (8 September)
- Acquisition notes
- This collection was made over a ten year period in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the vendor and collector, Dr David Heathcote, was Head of Art History at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, northern Nigeria. His PhD research focused on the study of Hausa embroidered dress; this collection was formed as a result of his extensive field research.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2008,2025.52
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: C197 (Heathcote collection number)