IDNO

T.169911.GIJ

Description

A textile wrapper, made from two strips sewn together, one twice the width of the other. The weaving is warp-faced plain weave. The design is striped, with regularly spaced bands of white and red outlined in black, and bands using the interlaced black and white weft threads to create a chequered effect. The wrapper has a fringe of warp threads. [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/.