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Object Number
999-23-50/12850
Display Title
Cloth head tie
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile headwrap of purple wefts, black and silver warps; overall pattern of striped diamonds in black and silver on purple; black threads on purple ground form repetitive logo of crown with backwards and forwards Bs, and words "Lily Superior Quality." European machine-made. Fraying.
Inventory Description
Headwrap, purp, blk and silver geo patterned silk, knotted, wrapped and pinned
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1979 ca.
Culture
- Late Yoruba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms
Nigeria, southwestern
Materials
Silk, Synthetic cloth
Dimensions
Overall: 25.5 x 29.6 x 28 cm (10 1/16 x 11 5/8 x 11 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
999-23-50/12850
Credit Line
Gift of 'Folake Alalade
Provenance
Owner
Yinka Alalade
(1970-1979 ca. - 12/98)
Collector
J. E. Bolarinwa
(early 1970s)
Donor
'Folake Alalade
(12/98 - 7/16/99)
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