adire
- Museum number
- Af1971,35.4
- Description
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Adire textile: composed of four uneven lengths of machine plain woven European cotton machine sewn together . The textile is decorated using the tie-dyed method. The producer has tied the desired pattern into the textile before dyeing the textile indigo. The pattern is composed of nine regularly spaced spirals on a background of small circles. This pattern is called AKETE or the 'Caps.' The hem is machine sewn.
- Dimensions
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Length: 174 centimetres
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Width: 128 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Part of the AF1971, 35. 1- 27 collection of ADIRE (indigo resist-dyed cloths made by the ) YORUBA, NIGERIA. The cloth used today is imported white cotton. Two pieces roughly a yard (approx 92cm) wide are sewn together to make a large square cloth and the patterns are applied either by tying and stitching with strands of raffia or painting freehand or stencilling with cassava paste: either method resists the dye. Each pattern has one or more individual names (John Picton, Register 1971).
AKETE ‘Caps.’ Purchased in ADO-EKITI in January 1971. Probably made in ABEOKUTA but for the rural market : it would not be seen on sale at OJE (market ABEOKUTA). It will be noticed that the cloth is smaller and coarser (John Picton, Register 1971).
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For further information on Adire cloths please consult; Barbour and Simmonds, 1971. "Adire Cloth in Nigeria." Institute of African Studies University of Ibadan: Ibadan
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Picton & Mack 1989:
'Yoruba adire cloth, Nigeria. Tie-dyed cotton shirting.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1971
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1971,35.4
