Medium:

Medium: silk, cotton Technique: hand-loomed warp-faced plain weave, tied-resist patterning in warps (ikat)

Dimensions:

Warp x Weft: 43.2 x 10.8 cm (17 x 4 1/4 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Strip

Made in:

Nigeria

Date:

early 20th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

A narrow-woven sample of a fabric called alaari, which is made from spun waste silk, combined with locally grown, hand-spun cotton. Violet ground with a green stripe in the center, flanked by narrow ikat stripes of dark and light blue. Violet warp is silk, green and indigo strips are cotton, and the weft is black cotton.

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. Mattiebelle Gittinger

Accession Number:

1973-65-2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq478820aee-a9a0-4aaf-bc0e-a3e3b28af0ab

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1973-65-2