Description
Two panel Yoruba woman’s wrapper cloth from Nigeria, woven by a lady using the upright single headle women’s loom but with a design echoing that of a strip weave aso oke cloth. Since at least the mid nineteenth century men using the strip weave loom and women weavers on the upright loom have competed for the same market and attempted to mimic each others cloths. This piece dates from around 1950 and has artificial silk float patterning on a cotton ground. Condition is excellent.
Measures 79 inches x 52, 200 cm x 132.
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