IDNO

T.169906.GIJ

Description

A textile wrapper, made of two pieces of strip weaving sewn together length-wise. The weaving is mainly weft-faced plain weave. The warp threads are indigo and white with at regularly spaced intervals a warp band of red and white. The weft threads are indigo and white, with reverse weaving creating a chequered design. The cloth has a fringe of indigo and white tassels. [PB 20/07/23]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa ?1970s

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.169905.GIJ - T.169936.GIJ were located together in a Bendicks chocolate box, now numbered C755/.