Akwete cloth is widely traded and copied in Nigeria. The individual strips are distinctively wide and are woven on upright looms using imported thread. The elaborate geometric designs are created by "floating" extra cross (weft) threads across the long vertical (warp) threads.
Description:
Women's weave wrapper of black cotton with synthetic fiber supplementary weft float in yellow, white, blue-green, red-orange colors in striped, chevron and checkerboard patterns.
Provenance:
Linda Millette, purchased in Akwete, Nigeria, December 1964-2010.
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