Images(3)

Cloth

Maker Unknown, Yoruba

MediumCloth

Dimensions11 1/2” W x 72 1/2” L

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.1444.COP

DescriptionHand woven black cloth fringed at both ends. A chiefly stool, a royal umbrella with fringes, two fruits, a crocodile, a vase (?) and a fish are woven in rich reds, yellows, greens, blues, dark reds and white, with bands of yellow, red and white finishing across the two ends.

ClassificationsTextiles

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