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late 19th or early 20th century

Hausa artist
2020-41

Information

Title
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Dates

late 19th or early 20th century

Maker
Hausa artist
Medium
Cotton and dye
Dimensions
320 × 124.5 cm (126 × 49 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund and anonymous gift
Object Number
2020-41
Place Made

Africa, Ghana

Culture
African, Hausa
Type
wrappers (garments)
Materials
indigo, dye, cotton (textile)
Techniques
hand spinning, embroidering
Subject
amulets, geometric patterns, Islam, trade

Chief, village west of Atibie, Ghana (nearest town is Nkawkaw, northwest of Accra); Private collection, Accra, Ghana, acquired from the above, by November 2019; [Adire African Textiles, London, UK, acquired from the above, November 2019]; Princeton University Art Museum, acquired from the above, 2020

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