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Jane Barbour

Header: Jane Barbour
Also known as: Jane Barbour; primary name: Barbour, Jane
Details: individual; academic/intellectual; British; Female
Life dates: 1922-2012
Biography: Met her husband Michael Barbour (qv) as students at Oxford; went with him to Nigeria 1961, where he was appointed Professor of Geography and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ibadan. Studied the production of adire cloth based on what she found in Ibadan in 1960s. Author of ‘Adire cloth in Nigeria’, first published by the University of Ibadan in 1971 (edited by Jane and Doig Simmonds, 2nd ed. 2016 by Doig Simmonds). She had four children. She sold part of her collection of Yoruba textiles to the Museum in 1971, and her collection of adire stencils in 1989. She donated other African items in 1992.

46 related objects

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.18 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.8 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Oke-SeniFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.21 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.11 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.25 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.27 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:IbaFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.12 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.5 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Oke-SeniFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.15 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.26 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.23 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.14 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.13 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Oke-SeniFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.1 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.3 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.2 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.4 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Ado-Ekiti

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.22 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:IbadanFound/Acquired:Nigeria

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.17 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.19 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.20 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.7 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Oke-SeniFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.16 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:OjeFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.10 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Oke-SeniFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.24 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Oke-SeniFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.6 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Oke-SeniFound/Acquired:Ibadan

adire

Museum number: Af1971,35.9 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

comb

Museum number: Af1989,02.15 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

dye-applicator

Museum number: Af1992,04.3 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Associated with:Yoruba |
Production date: 1960-1990 |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nigeria

incense sample; container

Museum number: Af1992,04.2 |
Ethnic group: x84852 Made by:Somali |
Production date: 1950-1990 |
Production place: Made in:Somalia

incense-burner

Museum number: Af1992,04.1 |
Ethnic group: x84852 Made by:Somali |
Production date: 1950-1990 |
Production place: Made in:Somalia

knife

Museum number: Af1992,04.4 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Associated with:Yoruba |
Production date: 1960-1990 |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nigeria

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.1 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.4 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.8 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.7 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.6 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.5 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.14 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.13 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.10 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.9 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.3 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.12 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.2 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta

stencil

Museum number: Af1989,02.11 |
Ethnic group: x85250 Made by:Yoruba |
Production place: Made in:Nigeria |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abeokuta