adire
- Museum number
- Af1971,35.9
- Description
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Adire cloth: woman's: composed of two evenly sized pieces of machine plain woven European cotton machine sewn together. The cloth was decorated using the resist stitch, tie-dye and folding methods to produce alternating stripes. The hem is machine sewn.
- Production date
- 1971
- Dimensions
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Length: 188 centimetres
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Width: 163 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Part of the collection made by Jane Barbour of Adire, indigo resist-dyed cloths, made by the Yoruba in Nigeria (see Af1971,35.1).
Elesun ‘the owner of pushing’, ie the pattern is produced by careful folding, stitching and drawing together such that the darkest areas are ‘pushed up’. Purchased at Abeokuta, April 1971.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1971
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by the donor at ABEOKUTA, April 1970.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1971,35.9