Shawl
Maker
Unknown, Yoruba
DateLate 20th C
MediumCotton cloth
Dimensionsc. 42” W x 80 3/4” L hemmed
Credit LineFunded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund at Colgate University.
Object numberAF1991.07.HOW
DescriptionWoman’s shawl woven on a man’s horizontal loom in strips of approximately 4” width; ten strips are sewn together edge to edge to form this shawl. Primarily dark blue with fine medium blue warp lines, light blue supplementary weft designs, and zigzag floating weft threads in dark blue. Aso-oke (narrowband) cloth. Hemmed.
ClassificationsTextiles
Collections
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