Images(3)

Cloth

Maker Unknown, Yoruba

MediumCloth

Dimensions28” W x 5l 1/2” L

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.1431.COP

DescriptionMonochromatic resist dye in fuchsia shows two smiling women facing each other, pounding a mortar that lies between them. Both women are wearing turbans tied at the back of the head, two bracelets in one arm and a pestle in the other, and identical skirts with three horizontal lines of geometric designs.

ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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