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Cotton strip woven Ikat weave.
Yoruba people, Nigeria
Mid 20 th cent
Measurements:52 ins x 68 ins or 132 cm's x 173 cm’s |
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Nigeria |
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Strip woven cotton and silk wrapper with slip woven details .
Aso oke.
Yoruba people Nigeria
Mid 20 th century
Measurements:54 inches by 84 inches or 137 cm’s x 214 cm's |
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Nigeria |
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A rare and unusual hand spun cotton, strip woven cloth
Ivory Coast
Mid 20th cent
Measurements: 33 inches x 104 inches or 84 cm’s x 264 cm’s |
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Ivory Coast |
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Strip woven cotton
Ewe people , Ghana
Mid 20 th cent
Measurements:72 ins x 50 ins or 183 cm’s x127 cm’s |
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Ghana |
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Yoruba wrapper
Woven in 10 indigenous silk strips
Circa 1920 . Yoruba people, Nigeria
Measurements 103 cm's x 193 cm's
Price £340 |
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Nigeria |
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Very fine strip woven cotton with silk inlays
Woman's wrapper from the Ewe people of Ghana
Early 20th century
Measurements 72 inches.x 41 inches. - 1 metre 80 x 1 metre 5cm's |
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Ghana |
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Cotton strip woven wrapper made by Ewe people of Ghana
24 narrow strips wide.
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 72 inches by 90 inches or 183 cm's x 230 cm's |
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Ghana |
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Large mounted panel, highly prized, tye dyed woven raffia.
Dida peolple of the Ivory Coast
Early 20 th century
Measurements: 66 x 43 ins or 168 x 110 cm's |
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Ivory Coast |
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A fragment of finely woven cotton.
Strip woven indigo dyed
Sierra Leone
Late 19th early 20th century
Measurements: 30 x 28 ins or 76 x 72 cm's
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Sierra Leone |
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Woman's wrapper
Strip woven cotton
Ewe people. Ghana
Circa 1940's
Measurements: 177 cm's by 105 cm's 12 strips. |
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Ghana |
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A very rare and old man's wrapper from the Ewe people of Ghana .
22 strips wide measuring 6 ft x 10 ft.
A very fine basket weave within the strip. I have handled lots of Ewe cloths but this is the first of this type I have known. |
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Ghana |
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A very rare and old man's wrapper from the Ewe people of Ghana .(detail)
22 strips wide measuring 6 ft x 10 ft.
A very fine basket weave within the strip. I have handled lots of Ewe cloths but this is the first of this type I have known. |
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Ghana (Detai_l |
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Bolster cover
Geometric self coloured silk embroidery on cotton
Fez , Morocco
Mid 19th century
Measurements : 42 cm's x 122 cm's |
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Morocco Fez |
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Indigo cotton strip woven cloth
Ivory coast mid 20 th century
Measurements: 120 cm's. X 140 cm's |
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Ivory Coast |
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Narrow cotton strip indigo ndop cloth
Bamileki people. Cameroon
Mid 20 th century
Measurements: 127 cm's x 204 cm's |
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Cameroon |
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Cotton Strip woven indigo cloth
Ivory Coast mid 20th century
Measurements:: 120 cm's x 160 cm's |
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Ivory Coast |
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Hand woven narrow strip indigo Ndop cloth
Baminikiki people , Grasslands of Cameroon.
Mid 20th century
Measurements:: 140 cm's x 180 cm's |
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Cameroon |
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Strip woven hand spun cotton wrapper
From the Ewe people of Ghana
First half of 20 th century.
Measurements: 140 cm's x 245 cm's |
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Ghana |
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Nigeria
Silk wrapper Woven from indigenous silk,
circa 1940
Measurements: 1500 cm's x 190cm's |
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Nigeria |
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Nigerian Riding Tunic
Indigo cotton strips fashioned into a man's riding garment,
mid 20th century, West Africa |
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Nigeria |
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Cotton strip weaving
Woven in 10 strips from the ewe people
Ghana early 20th century |
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Ghana |
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A fragment of a Kuba rafia applique skirt Zaire
late 20th century.
Measurements:60 cm's x 220cm's |
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Zaire |
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Tye dyed and woven raffia Kercheif
Dida people of the Ivory Coast.
Early 20th century
Measurements:39 cms x 46cms |
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Ivory Coast |
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Dida Skirt Tye dyed and woven in raffia.
woven in continuous circle with no seam.
Dida People of The Ivory Coast
Measurements:length. 60cms - circumference 60cms |
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Ivory Coast |
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Dida Skirt Tye dyed and woven in raffia.
woven in continuous circle with no seam.
Dida People of The Ivory Coast
Measurements: length 98cms - circumference 80cms |
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Ivory Coast |
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A womans appliqued raffia skirt
Date:mid 20 cent.
purchased in 1968. Booshong Kuba people, Congo Measurements: 520 cm's x 55cm's |
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Nigeria |
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Stock No 2916
Cotton strip woven cloth with 14 strips
Ewe people Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 45 x 75 inches.114 cms x 190cms |
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Ghana |
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IStock No 2917
Womens wrapper Indigo
Cotton Strip weave Ewe people Ghana
mid 20th century |
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Ghana |
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Women's wrap Cotton Strip Woven
Ewe people Ghana 1950 (detail) -
Measurements:198 cm x 126 cm
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Ghana |
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Women's wrap Cotton Strip Woven
Ewe people Ghana 1950 (detail)
Measurements: 222 cm x 111 cm |
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Ghana |
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Women's wrap Cotton Strip Woven
Ewe people Ghana 1950 (detail)
Measurements: 170 cm x 103 cm |
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Ghana |
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A Fulani or Dogon cotton blanket with checkerboard format. Hand spun cotton with many shades of indigo.
These blankets were worn as a mark of high rank by senior men. Similar blankets have been woven in the region for hundreds of years.
Measurements:
70 in x 40 in |
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Dogon |
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Womans veil or head scarf Wool painted with henna
Ida ou Nadif peoples,
Berber Central atlas mountains Circa 1900-1950 Measurements: 46 in x 47 in
Similar piece published: The Fabric of Moroccan Life by Paydar and Grammet published by Indianapolis Museum of Art pg 272 asc no 1998.29. |
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Berber, Moroccan |
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Wrapper Indigo and white Strip woven cotton man's cloth
Ewe People Ghana Mid 20th cent.
Measurements: 118 in x 62 in |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Wrapper Multi coloured with blue base Strip woven cotton man's cloth
Ewe People Mid 20th cent
Measurement :114 in x 48 in |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Wrapper Idigo and white Strip woven Woman's cloth
Mid 20th century |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Mans Wrapper
A rare and early strip woven cotton Cloth from the
Ewe People Ghana Circa 1890s
Approx. 108 in x 54 in |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Ewe Stripwoven woman's cloth
Ewe people, Ghana, c.1940s
strip woven cotton, indigo with yellow, orange and pink geometrical and figurative insets 15 strips
Measurements:
77 in x 48 in - 195cms x 122cms |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Appliqued raffia panels
Date:1940 Booshong Kuba people, Congo
Measurements:
200 in x 32 in - 528cm x 82 cm |
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Congo |
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A Woman's Overskirt (Ntshak)
Red raffia panel (extremely soft)
Date:1940 Booshong Kuba people, Congo
Measurements:
240in x 32 in - 600cm x 82 cm |
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Congo |
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