Wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ iro)
Wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ iro)

photo: Jaron James

Wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ iro)
Wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ iro)

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Wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ iro),

ca. 1960

Yorùbá artist
2020-43

Information

Title
Wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ iro)
Dates

ca. 1960

Maker
Yorùbá artist
Medium
Cotton and dye
Dimensions
195.6 × 172.7 cm (77 × 68 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund and anonymous gift
Object Number
2020-43
Place Made

Africa, Nigeria

Signatures
Maker's mark on folded over hem [lizard and shooting star]
Culture
African, Yoruba
Type
wrappers (garments), adire
Materials
indigo, cotton (textile)
Techniques
dyeing
Subject
flowers, geometric patterns, birds

[Vendor, Oje cloth market, Ibadan, Nigeria, by 2005]; [Adire African Textiles, London, England, acquired from the above, circa 2005]; Princeton University Art Museum, acquired from the above, 2020

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