Wrapper

This is an Adire alabere cloth that would have been used a women as a wrapper. It is indigo folded and stitch-resist-dyed, which includes machine stitching. This example is composed of five narrow strips of cotton cloth machine stitched together.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
284/1998/1
Collection Class
Clothing and accessories
Collection Area Region
W
Material
cottonindigo
Common Name
wrapper
Simple Name
wrapper
Production County
Southwest
Production Country
Nigeria

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adire wrapper