Cloth Item Number: Af512 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular cloth with dark indigo blue ground and light blue patterns divided into smaller rectangles by strips of thin parallel lines, repeated three wide by six long. Patterns alternate between birds with prickley greens, and other representational shapes. Two ends have a wide hem, one side has a narrow hem.
Cultural Context
clothing; covering; furnishings
Specific Techniques
Resist dyed indigo cloth. The technique was developed in Senegal, in Southern Nigeria among the Yoruba, and in Sudan among the Hausa. Cloths of this type are made by men who apply starch through stencils. They are dried, then dyed in pits or large pots. When the starch is removed the pattern remains.
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.
Item History
- Made in Nigeria ? or Sierra Leone ? before 1981
- Collected during 1981
- Owned by Sharon De Wreede and Robert 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
- Af512
- Type of Item
- cloth
- Material
- dye and cotton fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- machine spun, machine woven, machine sewn and dyed
- Overall
- height 86.3 cm, width 210.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- West African
- Previous Owner
- Sharon De Wreede and Robert 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
- 0769/0010