Wrapper

Description

Adire length of factory cotton cloth, tie-dyed with indigo in a spiral pattern, worn by women as a wrapper: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, c. 1977

Museum reference

A.1977.179

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Wrapper

Production information

Unknown
Nigeria, Western Africa

Date

c. 1977

Style / Culture

Yoruba

Materials

Cotton, Indigo

Physical description

Cotton tie-dyed with a spiral pattern in indigo

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, patterns of life