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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Tie-dyed cloth Adire
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Tie-dyed cloth Adire

Maker Nigerian Artist
Date1960s
Made/manufacturedAkwete, Nigeria
MediumCotton factory made cloth, indigo
Dimensions33 3/4 × 33 1/2 in. (85.7 × 85.1 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Marian Davis
Object number2016.38.1
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Collections
DescriptionCloth sheeting dyed blue with white stitch resist motifs of vertical lines and double axe-heads (two conjoined triangles).
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