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ID number:  BIRRC-D0398
Institution:  Research and Cultural Collections
Named collection:  Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts
Artist / Maker:  Unknown
Title / Object name:  Cotton textile
Object type:  Textile
Place made:  Akwele, S.E. Nigeria
Culture:  Igbo
Collector:  Danford, John
Materials:  Cotton
Measurements:  177 x 177 cm
BIRRC-D0398.jpg

This piece shows white warp with thin alternating red lines throughout. The weft is white with black banded supplementary weft-float patterns, alternating with weft-float diamond and square motifs. It was lent to the Danford Collection by John Danford in 1964 and purchased in 1975.

2 Related People

Danford, John

1913
1970
Unknown



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