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A strip woven cloth from Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 90 cm’s x140 cm’s or 35 inches x 55 inches |
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Ghana |
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A woman’s wrapper
Strip woven in cotton
Ewe people Ghana
Circa 1940
Measurement:120 cm’s x186 cm’s or 47 inches x 74 inches |
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Ghana |
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A woman’s wrapper (DETAIL)
Strip woven in cotton
Ewe people Ghana
Circa 1940
Measurement:120 cm’s x186 cm’s or 47 inches x 74 inches |
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Ghana |
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A small indigo woman’s wrapper
Kente people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 170 cm’s x100 cm’s or 74 inches x 39 inches |
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Ghana |
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A indigo strip woven cloth from Mali
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 166 cm’s x 110 cms. or 66inches x 43 inches |
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Mali |
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A rare old, man’s wrapper
Ewe people early 20th century
272 cm’s x 160 cm’s |
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Ghana |
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A rare old, man’s wrapper (DETAIL)
Ewe people early 20th century
272 cm’s x 160 cm’s |
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Ghana |
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Strip woven cotton wrapper
Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 57 x 108 inches
Or 1 metre 45. X 2metre 2 |
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Ghana |
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Strip woven cotton wrapper .
Made by the Ewe people of Ghana .
Mid 20th century .
Measurements: 96 inches x 70 inches.
2 metre 4 cm’s x 1 metre 8 cm’s |
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Ghana |
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A strip woven cotton, mans wrapper
Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 66inches x 110 inches
Or 1 metre 8 cm’s x 2 metre 80 cm’s |
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Ghana |
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Strip woven wrapper
Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurement: 86 cm’s x 170 cm’s. |
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Ghana |
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A strip woven cotton Ewe Cloth from the Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurement : 140cm’s by 210cm’s |
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Ghana |
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A strip woven cotton Ewe Cloth from the Ewe people of Ghana (Detail)
Mid 20th century
Measurement : 140cm’s by 210cm’s |
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Ghana |
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A woman’s wrapper from the Ewe people of Ghana
Strip woven in cotton. Mid 20th century.
Measurement : 180 cm’s by 106 cm’s |
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Ghana |
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Strip woven Indigo cotton from the Ndop people of the Cameroon
Mounted on a stretcher
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 135cms x 180cms. |
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Cameroon |
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Cotton and silk strip woven
Aso Oke weaving ,
Yoruba People, Nigeria
Mid 20th century
Measurements.:218 cm’s x 132 cm’s or 86 inches x 52 inches |
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Nigeria |
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A rare cotton strip woven cloth from the Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century, excellent condition
Measurements: 124 cm’s x 216 cm’s
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Ghana |
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A large man's wrapper strip woven by The Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 280 cm’s x 160 cm’s |
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Ghana |
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Detail of narrow trip, resist dyed cloth from Bamileke people,
Cameroon, Mid 20th century
Measurements: 70 cm’s x 2 metres 10 cm’s |
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Cameroon |
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Strip woven woman’s wrapper from the
Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 1 metre 20 x 2metres |
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Ghana |
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Cotton strip woven Ikat weave.
Yoruba people, Nigeria
Mid 20 th cent
Measurements:52 ins x 68 ins or 132 cm's x 173 cm’s |
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Nigeria |
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Strip woven cotton and silk wrapper with slip woven details .
Aso oke.
Yoruba people Nigeria
Mid 20 th century
Measurements:54 inches by 84 inches or 137 cm’s x 214 cm's |
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Nigeria |
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Cotton strip woven wrapper made by Ewe people of Ghana
24 narrow strips wide.
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 72 inches by 90 inches or 183 cm's x 230 cm's |
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Ghana |
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Large mounted panel, highly prized, tye dyed woven raffia.
Dida peolple of the Ivory Coast
Early 20 th century
Measurements: 66 x 43 ins or 168 x 110 cm's |
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Ivory Coast |
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A very rare and old man's wrapper from the Ewe people of Ghana .
22 strips wide measuring 6 ft x 10 ft.
A very fine basket weave within the strip. I have handled lots of Ewe cloths but this is the first of this type I have known. |
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Ghana |
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A very rare and old man's wrapper from the Ewe people of Ghana .(detail)
22 strips wide measuring 6 ft x 10 ft.
A very fine basket weave within the strip. I have handled lots of Ewe cloths but this is the first of this type I have known. |
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Ghana (Detai_l |
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Strip woven hand spun cotton wrapper
From the Ewe people of Ghana
First half of 20 th century.
Measurements: 140 cm's x 245 cm's |
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Ghana |
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Nigeria
Silk wrapper Woven from indigenous silk,
circa 1940
Measurements: 1500 cm's x 190cm's |
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Nigeria |
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Nigerian Riding Tunic
Indigo cotton strips fashioned into a man's riding garment,
mid 20th century, West Africa |
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Nigeria |
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Dida Skirt Tye dyed and woven in raffia.
woven in continuous circle with no seam.
Dida People of The Ivory Coast
Measurements:length. 60cms - circumference 60cms |
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Ivory Coast |
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Dida Skirt Tye dyed and woven in raffia.
woven in continuous circle with no seam.
Dida People of The Ivory Coast
Measurements: length 98cms - circumference 80cms |
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Ivory Coast |
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A Fulani or Dogon cotton blanket with checkerboard format. Hand spun cotton with many shades of indigo.
These blankets were worn as a mark of high rank by senior men. Similar blankets have been woven in the region for hundreds of years.
Measurements:
70 in x 40 in |
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Dogon |
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Womans veil or head scarf Wool painted with henna
Ida ou Nadif peoples,
Berber Central atlas mountains Circa 1900-1950 Measurements: 46 in x 47 in
Similar piece published: The Fabric of Moroccan Life by Paydar and Grammet published by Indianapolis Museum of Art pg 272 asc no 1998.29. |
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Berber, Moroccan |
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Ewe Stripwoven woman's cloth
Ewe people, Ghana, c.1940s
strip woven cotton, indigo with yellow, orange and pink geometrical and figurative insets 15 strips
Measurements:
77 in x 48 in - 195cms x 122cms |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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A Woman's Overskirt (Ntshak)
Red raffia panel (extremely soft)
Date:1940 Booshong Kuba people, Congo
Measurements:
240in x 32 in - 600cm x 82 cm |
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Congo |
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