Wrapper or shawl
Narrow strips of indigo-dyed hand spun cotton, that include a checked ground with supplementary flat aska patterns. Whilst the Jukun have a long trading history with the Hausa and Kanuri peoples, their weaving tradition has close ties further north with the Djembe in Niger.
This piece took first prize at an agricultural show at Katsina in the 1930s. One of two cloths. Collected by E.J. Butler, Agricultural Officer, Samaru.
This piece took first prize at an agricultural show at Katsina in the 1930s. One of two cloths. Collected by E.J. Butler, Agricultural Officer, Samaru.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 42/2000/5
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Collection Area Region
- W
- Material
- cotton
- Common Name
- wrapper or shawl
- Simple Name
- wrapper or shawl
- Production County
- Benue, central Nigeria
- Production Country
- Nigeria
- Production Year High
- 1930s
