A work made of cotton, strips of warp-resist dyed striped plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; embroidered with silk in open chain stitches; faced with cotton, warp-faced stripe plain weave and plain weave.

Man's Robe

1875/1920 (before 1920)

Yoruba Cloth woven in Ilorin, Nigeria; probably Hausa or Nupe Needlework and assembly in northern or central Nigeria Coastal West Africa

Nigeria

Cotton, strips of warp-resist dyed striped plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; embroidered with silk in open chain stitches; faced with cotton, warp-faced stripe plain weave and plain weave

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