Wide-Waisted Men’s Trousers (Salubaki or Wanda)

late 19th century

African Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Cotton with indigo dye and imported silk (àlàárì); strip weave with warp striping and chain-stitch and herringbone embroidery

Dimensions

34 1/16 × 113 in. (86.5 × 287 cm)

Credit Line

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund

Accession Number

2023.31.5

Geography

Nigeria

Culture

Yorùbá or Nupe

Classification

Apparel/Costume

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Provenance
With Nangu Ndiaye (dealer, died 2008), Brussels, by about 1978–1990 [see note 1]; sold to Pierre Loos (Galerie Ambre-Congo), Brussels, about 1978–1990; sold to Andres Moraga (San Francisco Tribal), Berkeley, Calif., by 2013; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2023

Note 1: According to Pierre Loos, Nangu Ndiaye acquired riga directly from wealthy Hausa families in Nigeria. (Pierre Loos, letter to the Gallery, January 31, 2023, curatorial file)
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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