168 results

Collection Objects
African Art
Diviner’s Bag (Àpò Ifá)
Date: 
late 19th–early 20th century
Medium: 
cCloth and glass beads
Accession Number: 
2022.18.2
Culture: 
Yorùbá
Classification: 
Apparel/Costume
Status: 
Not on view

Collection Objects
African Art
Man’s Prestige Cloth (Aṣọ-òkè Ìborùn Nlá)
Date: 
19th century
Medium: 
Hand-spun cotton and imported silk (àlàárì)
Accession Number: 
2022.15.1
Culture: 
Yorùbá
Classification: 
Textiles
Status: 
Not on view

Collection Objects
African Art
Woman’s Prestige Cloth (Ìborùn)
Date: 
19th century
Medium: 
Hand-spun cotton and imported silk (àlàárì)
Accession Number: 
2022.15.2
Culture: 
Yorùbá
Classification: 
Textiles
Status: 
Not on view

Collection Objects
African Art
Woman’s Shawl (Ìpèlé)
Date: 
19th century
Medium: 
Hand-spun wild silk (sányán) and imported silk (àlàárì)
Accession Number: 
2022.15.3
Culture: 
Yorùbá
Classification: 
Textiles
Status: 
Not on view

Collection Objects
African Art
Prestige Cloth (Aṣọ-òkè) with Openwork (Ẹlẹ́ya)
Date: 
19th century
Medium: 
Hand-spun wild silk (sányán) and imported silk (àlàárì)
Accession Number: 
2022.15.5
Culture: 
Yorùbá
Classification: 
Textiles
Status: 
Not on view

Collection Objects
African Art
Kente “Liar’s Cloth” (Kontompo Ntama)
Date: 
early 20th century
Medium: 
Cotton (mill spun)
Accession Number: 
2022.55.1
Culture: 
Akan
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Textiles
Status: 
Not on view

Collection Objects
African Art
Cloth (“Couvetures du Segou”)
Date: 
early to mid-20th century
Medium: 
Hand spun cotton
Accession Number: 
2022.55.2
Culture: 
Fulani, Maabo Weaver
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Textiles
Status: 
Not on view

Collection Objects
African Art
Bogolanfini
Date: 
ca. 1995
Medium: 
Hand spun cotton and pigment
Accession Number: 
2022.55.3
Culture: 
Bamana
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Textiles
Status: 
Not on view

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