Woman's Wrapper or Furnishing Cloth

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Yoruba

Title

Woman's Wrapper or Furnishing Cloth

Place

Nigeria (Object made in)

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Made 1901–1991

Medium

Cotton and rayon, seventeen strips of plain weave, some with supplementary brocading wefts, some with open areas (formed by non-horizontal wefts), some ikat dyed; pieced

Dimensions

247.8 × 169.3 cm (97 1/2 × 66 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Faletti, the Faletti Family Collection

Reference Number

1991.762

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