Pants Item Number: 3692/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Wide green pants with embroidered cuffs; designs same on front and back. Pants made of two panels, seamed together at front and back centre, with additional semi-circular pieces to form a large gusset; ends of all panels are gathered into the two cuffs. Central embroidered design is a band, filled with cross-hatching; mirrored on either side by alternating rows of stripes and swirls. Above top striped row, are large scallops, with dotted lines that attached to striped row. In between each scallop is an irregularly-shaped diamond. Top edge of pants turned over to form casing. Manufacturing information stamped on back.
Textiles were acquired by the donor, and her mother, in the mid-1960s, in the Hausa area. They were for their personal use, or their husband's.