adire
- Museum number
- Af1951,12.213
- Description
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Adire: single width of European white cotton. A repeating stencilled pattern of stars and dots has been created using the starch resist-dyed method. The textile was dipped in indigo. The textile is unhemmed
- Production date
- 1949
- Dimensions
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Length: 184 centimetres
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Width: 85 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The Register of 19151 records that this was an 'Adire stencilled cloth with * (onieri= earring) pattern.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1951 (04/01/1950)
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by W.B.Fagg from the maker on 4 January 1950 for 5 shillings. Purchased in a group at Abeokuta market with Af1951,12.209 to 213.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1951,12.213
