DepartmentTextiles-Africa
Adire resist cloth wall hanging
NameWrapper / Adire
CultureYoruba
DateFebruary 10, 2014
Place madeNigeria, Africa
MediumCotton
Dimensions63 x 61 7/16 in. (160 x 156 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Karen Tranberg Hansen, A.2012.25.1
Object numberA.2012.25.1
DescriptionNearly square cotton cloth with blue and white (actually a pale blue-gray) images and abstract designs. Two large circles centered vertically depict two busts, one crowned, over multiple comb drawn half circles. The overall cloth created from several smaller pieces, hemmed on sides and selvaged at top and bottom
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1960s
Early 20th century
Rafael Aragón
