adire
- Museum number
- Af1992,17.17
- Description
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Adire. Composed of a single with of machine plain woven cotton. Indigo-dyed cotton cloth with a design composed of spiral and herring-bone patterns within a grid. The cloth has been dyed using indigo the areas of the cloth which were protected during the dyeing process have become discoloured probably because of light exposure (?) as a result areas which would originally have been white are now yellow.
- Production date
- 1930-1940 (?)
- Dimensions
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Length: 163 centimetres
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Width: 84 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Associated with Af1992, 17. 18
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- poor--cloth has become very brittle and has split in a number of places, some of which have been repaired (locally?) using blue and white cotton
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1992,17.17
