adire
- Museum number
- Af1993,02.258
- Description
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Adire: two panels of imported European white calico cotton, dyed indigo in Nigeria using stitch fold resist to form four bands in dark indigo running along the cloth, separated by 5 undecorated strips in light indigo. The pattern name was recorded by W.B.Fagg as 'Gbetan'.
- Production date
- 1953 (M)
- Dimensions
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Length: 165.50 centimetres
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Width: 162.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Label 'Abeokuta 1953, Pattern GBETAN'; Eth.Doc.121.
For a single panel of this design see Af1953,17.14, from which the description is copied.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1993
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1993,02.258
