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ID number: BIRRC-D0361 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, S.E. Nigeria Culture: Igbo Collector: Lidderdale, Halliday Adair Materials: Cotton Measurements: 162 x 111 cm
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This piece has been woven on a single heddle upright women's loom of imported machine-spun yarn. It has a black and white warp with red selvedge edges. There are supplementary weft-float patterns (diaper checks, rectangular checks, diamond-bodied lizard motifs) in tones of red, black and yellow, on a white and natural ground. The ends have been tasselled to finish it. It was lent to the Danford Collection by L.A. Lidderdale in 1968 and was subsequently acquired by bequest.
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