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Adire Eleko Textile

ca. 1980–89

Cotton with starch resist indigo

120 × 72 in. (304.8 × 182.88 cm)
Gift of Joanne B. Eicher
2017.22.4
Geography: 
Country Nigeria
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Yorùbá
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

Collected by the donor in Nigeria in the 1980s
Gift of Joanne Eicher to Yale University Art Gallery in 2017

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.