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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
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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