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ID number: BIRRC-D0356 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Title / Object name: Cotton textile Object type: Textile Place made: Akwele, E. Nigeria Culture: Igbo Collector: Danford, John Materials: Cotton Measurements: 160 x 108 cm |
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This Igbo piece has been woven on an upright single-heddle woman's loom. The colours used include black and yellow warp, and black weft with supplementary weft-float patterns. These supplementary patterns include zigzag, triangular, diabolo and comb motifs in red, yellow, green and white. The yarn used here is imported and machine-spun. It was lent by John Danford in 1964 and purchased in 1975. |
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| Danford, John 1913 1970 | |
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