Wedding cloth (suban)
Wedding cloth (suban)

Currently not on view

Wedding cloth (suban),

early to mid-20th century

Zarma artist
2021-15

Information

Title
Wedding cloth (suban)
Dates

early to mid-20th century

Maker
Zarma artist
Medium
Cotton and dye
Dimensions
215.9 × 144.8 cm (85 × 57 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund and anonymous gift
Object Number
2021-15
Place Made

Africa, Niger

Culture
African
Type
textiles
Materials
cotton (fiber), cloth, dye
Techniques
weaving, hand spinning
Subject
weddings, geometric patterns

William John Herbert, Edinburgh, Scotland, ca. 1950s/1960s-2018 (Herbert’s obituary relates that he worked in Nigeria, probably in the 1960s but possibly as early at the 1950s); [Ramsey Corish Auction, Lot 320, Edinburgh, July 11, 2020]; [Adire African Textiles, London, UK, acquired from the above auction, July 11, 2020]; Princeton University Art Museum, acquired from the above, 2021

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