Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Tie dyed cloth with machine stitching irregular light blue and white circles in rows on indigo background.
Tie Dyled cloth (adire)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Tie Dyled cloth (adire)

Maker Yoruba Artist
Datec. 1987
PurchasedAbeokuta, Ogun, Nigeria
Mediumcotton, indigo dye
Dimensions10 ft. 10 in. × 10 ft. 9 in. (330.2 × 327.7 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Joanne B. Eicher
Object number2016.79.4
Collections
Visual DescriptionTie dyed cloth with machine stitching irregular light blue and white circles in rows on indigo background.
Tie-dyed cloth; Indigo blue panels of geometric designs.
Cloth (adire oniko)
Yoruba Artist
undated
Factory made cloth with overall tie-dyed spiral pattern; dark blue dye, appears to be indigo; texture shows this is a new cloth, not smoothed by washing or wear.
Wrapper
Yoruba Artist
c. 1973
Coarse hand-woven strips, stitch-resist dyed with indigo, hand-sewn at selvedges, hem of red and black factory cloth with orange rickrack edging, machine stitched in woven cloth.
Prestige cloth (ndop, ktiesia or ntieya)
Bamileke Artist
20th century
Dark blue cloth with lighter blue hand-painted motifs in grid pattern; various motifs including stool (center), or Olokun
Cloth with Olokun, Goddess of the Sea Motif (adire eleko)
Yoruba Artist
c. 1973
Tie-dyed cloth Adire
Tie-dyed cloth Adire
Nigerian Artist
1960s
Tunic with wide sleeves made of commercial cotton sheeting, with machine stitching; hand embroidered collar using red and tan thread against dark blue cloth, red ribbon trim on collar and waist level; resist dyed linear motifs in white against indigo, geometric patterns and 8 crocodiles or lizards on front, symmetrical design.
Man's Tunic
Bamileke Artist
20th century
Dark and light blue cloth with perforated surface
Indigo Resist Dyed Cloth (adire alabere)
Nike Davies Okundaye
c. 1980
Natural cotton women's weave with center stripe of indigo (dark blue) and kola dyed threads.
Handwoven cloth
Hausa Artist
c. 1973
White, blue dominant striped pattern; strip woven cloth hand sewn at selvedges; indigo dyed yarns, and synthetic dyes; red, yellow; machine stitching. Scrolling design on one border with muslin cloth backing.
Woman's Wrapper
Senufo Artist
20th century
A rectangular textile featuring a repeating pattern of thin, vertical stripes in black, white, magenta, teal, and blue.
Woman's Bridal Wrapper (oparo eleto)
Yoruba Artist
1980
Resist dyed damask cloth with burgundy, lime green, orange white, blue patterns: hearts, circles and solid areas (larger textile); headtie, solid lime green.
Textile ensemble (bazin)
Malian Artist
20th century
Resist dyed damask, with burgundy field, small orange and white tie-dyed areas made by thread resist; central pattern has small tie-dyed shapes configured in concentric squares
Cloth (bazin)
Malian Artist
20th century

Collections research is ongoing. Information provided on the Harn’s website about collection objects may be updated, revised, or enhanced at any time.

Harn
Copyright © Harn
null