gown
- Museum number
- 2008,2025.59.a
- Description
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Gown (Fulani Riga) composed of seven sections of dyed red machine woven cotton machine sewn together. The body of the garment is lined with discoloured cotton. The gown is flared and sleeveless and is heavily embroidered across the front and the back. The arms and neck are bordered with dyed red and yellow embroidered stripes. There are three sections of embroidery (front, back and left and right) forming geometric shapes in dyed green, yellow blue and bleached white cotton.
- Production date
- 1971 ((?) purchased by vendor)
- Dimensions
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Length: 91 centimetres
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Width: 99 centimetres
- 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
- 2008,2025.59.a
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: C72b (Heathcote collection number)
