Woman's dress

NameDress

CultureYoruba

Date2003

Place madeOsogbo, Nigeria, Africa

MediumCotton, commercial dyes

Dimensions46 7/8 × 55 7/8 × 60 7/16 in. (119 × 142 × 153.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Victoria Scott, A.2016.88.4

Object numberA.2016.88.4

DescriptionThe dress has a scalloped neckline, side slits on skirt, and slits on elbow length sleeves, with a button at the top of the slit. The sleeves have a geometric pattern. The dress, which is signed by the maker along the hem, is in several shades of yellow/green on a dark blue/black background. It has different patterns on each side. On one side there is a single figure, arms raised and wearing geometric-figured attire, rising from a tree. The other side shows thre anthropomorphic figures rising from a tree. At each side of the tree's roots is a stylized armadillo.