Cloth Item Number: Af510 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular cloth with dark blue ground and a light blue pattern, divided into smaller rectangles, four wide by six long, each separated by three light blue, alternating with three dark blue lines. Designs vary, some are repeated, and include geometric and representational designs of birds, flowers, possibly trees and animals. There are wide hems on both ends, narrow hem on one side.
Narrative
The De Wreede collection was collected over a 2 year period in which the De Wreede's were mostly in Sierra Leone, and partly in Nigeria.
Specific Techniques
Resist-dyed indigo cloth. The technique was developed in Senegal, in Southern Nigeria among the Yoruba, and in the Sudan among the Hausa. Cloths of this type are painted free hand by women with starch and then dyed with synthetic or locally obtained indigo. They are dyed in pits or large pots. When the starch is removed the pattern is left. Patterns are named and are done only on one side.
Item History
- Made in Nigeria ? or Sierra Leone ? before 1981
- Collected during 1981
- Owned by Robert De Wreede and Sharon De Wreede before January 8, 1982
- Received from Robert De Wreede (Donor) and Sharon De Wreede (Donor) on January 8, 1982
What
- Name
- Cloth
- Identification Number
- Af510
- Type of Item
- cloth
- Material
- dye and cotton fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- machine spun, dyed, machine sewn and machine woven
- Overall
- height 84.6 cm, width 194.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- West African
- Previous Owner
- Robert De Wreede and Sharon De Wreede
- Received from
- Robert De Wreede (Donor) and Sharon De Wreede (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nigeria ? or Sierra Leone ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1981
- Collection Date
- during 1981
- Ownership Date
- before January 8, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on January 8, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0769/0008