DepartmentTextiles-Africa
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.
late 20th Century
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1960s
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1960s
