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Object Number 2000.27.3
Display Title Textile "wrapper"
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Asa Oke
Object Description Textile "wrapper" of 14 narrow (~4") strips machine-stitched together; Asa Oke hand woven cloth; warp blue with some black lines; weft also has black lines, and inlaid blue pattern
Inventory Description Cotton cloth, blue/black stripes, blue embroidered geometric deco, rectangular
Classification
  • Textile
Department Ethnographic
Date 1966 or earlier
Culture
  • Yoruba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria / <State> / <County> / Ibadan
Additional Geographic Terms Oje market; 16 day cloth market
Dimensions Overall: 139.7 x 172.72 x 0.1 cm (55 x 68 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.27.3
Credit Line Gift of Mary Stevenson Thieme '55
Provenance
Collector Mary S. Thieme (1966 - 8/28/00)
Donor Mary S. Thieme (1966 - 8/28/00)

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