a) unfinished cloth, white cotton, plain weave, all over continuous balls tied w/ thread; cone shaped; 54 x 32 cm. b) finished pattern of (a); indigo-dyed cotton; dots in circular pattern; 81.2 x 78.7 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)
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 #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)