a) unfinished cloth, white cotton plain weave, 3/4ths tied into balls and at intervals into points w/ raffia; 41.2 x 56 cm. b) finished pattern of (a), indigo-dyed cotton; dots and large circles; 82.5 x 85.7 cm.
Donor:
Ruth Radmore
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Abeokuta; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Ruth Radmore
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
finished tie-dyed cloths paired with half-finished knotted pieces. the finished section shows the pattern produced by the tied piece.
S1971-1972 #134: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (April 24, 1972–May 5, 1972), S1971-1972 #138: University of California, Los Angeles (May 20, 1972–May 26, 1972), and S1971-1972 #139: Watts Towers Art Center (May 26, 1972–September 18, 1972)