Indigo wall hanging

NameHanging

CultureYoruba

Datelate 20th Century

Place madeOsogbo, Nigeria, Africa

MediumCotton, indigo

Dimensions50 3/8 × 35 1/16 in. (128 × 89 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Victoria Scott, A.2016.88.3

Object numberA.2016.88.3

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionLarge textile with dark indigo blue background under bright medium blue figures. The figures include two large anthropomorphised crabs, various types of fish, and six pointed stars. She has signed her work Mrs. Nike in the lower proper right corner, and Twins 7 +7. She has also included the names Vicki Mu de Co, Viki M.C. and Vicki Mu.s (Vicki Mundy-Castle) in the lower half of the textile.