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Fitzgerald Rare Textiles 28 Church Row London NW3 6UP T:+44 (0)20 7431 3076 |
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Large man's wrapper Strip woven in 23 sections Ewe people Ghana Mid 20th century Measurement:: 112 inches x 72 inches or 285 cms x 183 cms |
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Ghana |
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Detail of narrow trip, resist dyed cloth from Bamileke people, Cameroon, Mid 20th century Measurements: 70 cm’s x 2 metres 10 cm’s |
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Cameroon |
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Strip woven woman’s wrapper from the Ewe people of Ghana Mid 20th century Measurements: 1 metre 20 x 2metres |
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Ghana |
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Narrow strip, tightly woven red and white woman’s wrapper . Ewe people ,Ghana, mid 20th century Measurements: 1 metre wide ( 16 strips ) by 1.80 metre |
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Ghana |
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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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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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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 |
SOLD |
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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 |
SOLD |
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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 |
SOLD |
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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 |
SOLD |
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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 |
SOLD |
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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 |
SOLD |
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Wrapper Idigo and white Strip woven Woman's cloth Mid 20th century |
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Ewe, Ghana |
SOLD |
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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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