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Wrapper

Maker Unknown, Yoruba

DateLate 20th C

MediumCotton cloth

Dimensionsc. 60” W x 72 1/2” L (hemmed)

Credit LineFunded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund at Colgate University.

Object numberAF1991.08.HOW

DescriptionWoman’s wrapper woven on a man’s horizontal loom in strips of approximately 4.125” width; fifteen strips are sewn together edge to edge to form this wrapper. Aso-oke cloth in which a pattern is formed with two maroon strips, followed by one maroon/white/tan strip, followed in turn by two tan strips. This pattern is repeated three times. All of the strips contain open workholes accented by white weft threads. Hemmed.

ClassificationsTextiles

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