Indigo wall hanging
Date1973
Place madeOshgobo, Nigeria, Africa
MediumCotton, indigo
Dimensions34 1/4 × 34 1/4 in. (87 × 87 cm)
Classifications(Classification Not Used)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Victoria Scott, A.2016.88.2
Object numberA.2016.88.2
DescriptionTextile with dark blue indigo ground and pale blue gray figures, including three types of drums, guitars and maracas. There are also masks and a skeletal animal-like figures. The work is an homage to Professor Vicky Mundy-Castle whose name appears in the upper center and on a drum. In the center of the piece are the words "the black ghost," referring to the maker's husband's Twins Seven Seven band.On View
Not on view
late 20th Century
