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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
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 
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
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 






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
 
Ghana
 
     
     
     
 
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
 
Ghana
 
     
     
     
 
A indigo strip woven cloth from Mali
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 166 cm’s x 110 cms. or 66inches x 43 inches
 
Mali
 
     
     
 
A rare old, man’s wrapper
Ewe people early 20th century
272 cm’s x 160 cm’s
 
Ghana
 
     
     
     
 
A rare old, man’s wrapper (DETAIL)
Ewe people early 20th century
272 cm’s x 160 cm’s
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 
 
 
Strip woven cotton wrapper
Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 57 x 108 inches
Or 1 metre 45. X 2metre 2
 
Ghana
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
Ghana
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 
Strip woven wrapper
Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurement: 86 cm’s x 170 cm’s.
 
Ghana
 
 
 
 
 
 
A strip woven cotton Ewe Cloth from the Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurement : 140cm’s by 210cm’s
 
Ghana
 
 
 
 
 
 
A strip woven cotton Ewe Cloth from the Ewe people of Ghana (Detail)
Mid 20th century
Measurement : 140cm’s by 210cm’s
 
Ghana
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 
Strip woven Indigo cotton from the Ndop people of the Cameroon
Mounted on a stretcher
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 135cms x 180cms.
 
Cameroon
 
     
     
 
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
 
Nigeria
 
     
     
 

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 
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 
A large man's wrapper strip woven by The Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 280 cm’s x 160 cm’s
 
Ghana
 
     
     
     
 
Detail of narrow trip, resist dyed cloth from Bamileke people,
Cameroon, Mid 20th century
Measurements: 70 cm’s x 2 metres 10 cm’s
 
Cameroon
 
     
     
 
Strip woven woman’s wrapper from the
Ewe people of Ghana
Mid 20th century
Measurements: 1 metre 20 x 2metres
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 
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
 
Nigeria
 
     
     
 
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
 
Nigeria
 
     
     
 
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
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 
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
 
Ivory Coast
 
     
     
 
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. 
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 
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. 
 
Ghana (Detai_l
 
     
     
 
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
 
Ghana
 
     
     
 
Nigeria
Silk wrapper Woven from indigenous silk,
circa 1940
Measurements: 1500 cm's x 190cm's
 
Nigeria
 
     
     
 
Nigerian Riding Tunic
Indigo cotton strips fashioned into a man's riding garment,
mid 20th century, West Africa
 
Nigeria
 
     
     
 
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
 
Ivory Coast
 
     
     
 
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
 
Ivory Coast
 
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
Dogon
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.
Berber, Moroccan
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
Ewe, Ghana
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
Congo