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ID number:  BIRRC-D0356
Institution:  Research and Cultural Collections
Named collection:  African Collection
Title / Object name:  Cotton textile
Object type:  Textile
Place made:  Akwete, 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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