Textile

Museum number:
5-16777
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1746 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Object count:
1
Description:
1 panel tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric made into a curtain. design is made up of alternating bands of white and leaf patterns. Conservation: Brass rings at 37.5cm from finished end.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Household, clothing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
fringe— length 9.5 centimeters, width 49.5 centimeters, and length 121 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Textile, accession number 5-16777, described as 1 panel tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric made into a curtain. design is made up of alternating bands of white and leaf patterns. Conservation: Brass rings at 37.5cm from finished end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Textile, accession number 5-16777, described as 1 panel tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric made into a curtain. design is made up of alternating bands of white and leaf patterns. Conservation: Brass rings at 37.5cm from finished end.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Textile, accession number 5-16777, described as 1 panel tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric made into a curtain. design is made up of alternating bands of white and leaf patterns. Conservation: Brass rings at 37.5cm from finished end.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Textile, accession number 5-16777, described as 1 panel tie dyed (indigo and white) fabric made into a curtain. design is made up of alternating bands of white and leaf patterns. Conservation: Brass rings at 37.5cm from finished end.

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