Indigo wall hanging

NameHanging

Maker Nike Davies-Okundaye (Nigerian)

CultureYoruba

Date1971 - 1973

Place madeOsogbo, Nigeria, Africa

MediumCotton, indigo

Dimensions51 9/16 × 35 1/4 in. (131 × 89.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Victoria Scott, A.2016.88.1

Object numberA.2016.88.1

DescriptionThe dark background of indigo from an adire dyepit enhances the lighter blue figures of the original lighter blue cotton broadscloth. The adire symbols are related to Osun. They show a tree from which sprout 5 heads, birds, stars and two large faces, an arm and hand extending from each.