Antique & Vintage Ethnic Textile Auction
Lot 44:
Description
Antique Yoruba Strip Cloth Indigo Wrapper. Antique 19th century Yoruba indigo aso-oke wrapper from southwestern Nigeria, circa 1880-1900, 55″ x 67″. Hand-spun, handwoven indigo-dyed cotton with magenta silk alaari weft-float motifs, including Koranic board shapes. Some pink spots from dye bleeding, brown water staining, and one small hole in one of the etu strips.
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