cloth
- Museum number
- 2011,2052.104
- Description
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Single width cloth, weft-faced. Extremely fine white cotton warp and weft; thick mustard- and black-dyed cotton? weft stripes. Supplementary weft patterns bands in yellow- and black-dyed wool? Short loose warp thread fringes at both ends.
- Production date
- 1999-2002 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 164 centimetres
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Width: 79 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- 2011,2052.104 and 105 are almost identical in pattern, though the measurements recorded of their length differ. There is no record of where they were purchased or made, but Okene seems likely.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Acquisition notes
- Donor was resident in Nigeria from 1999-2002, based in Abuja. Travelled widely across northern and central Nigeria and made collection of traditional crafts.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2011,2052.104