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Adire Wrapper (Nigeria)
This is a Adire wrapper. It is dated ca. 1960 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is cotton and its technique is factory-woven plain weave, tied- and stitched-resist patterning, indigo-dyed. It is a part of the Textiles department.
The delicate tracery of white forms on the deep-blue background of this adire wrapper reflects the interaction of raffia embroidery with indigo dye. Patterns are sewn into cotton cloth with a needle and raffia fiber. When dipped in indigo, the raffia resists the penetration of the dye and the embroidered patterns are recorded with an absence of color. Women are responsible for both the stitching and the laborious process of indigo dyeing.
Adire wrappers are relatively inexpensive and worn for everyday use. In the marketplace, the raffia threads are left in place to assure the buyer that the fabric is authentically hand-stitched. Many more hours are then spent removing the threads, washing the fabric, and having it pounded to a soft, smooth, glossy finish.[1]
[1] John Pemberton, Rowland Abiodun, and Ulli Beier, Cloth Only Wears to Shreds: Yoruba Textiles and Photographs from the Beier Collection (Amherst, MA: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, 2004), 21.
This object was
donated by
Estate of Mary Kirby.
It is credited Gift of the Estate of Mary Kirby.
- Textile (Nigeria)
- cotton.
- Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
- 1959-36-1
- Wrapper (Nigeria)
- cotton.
- Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
- 1959-36-3
- Futon Cover (Japan)
- cotton.
- 1961-97-3
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- silk, synthetic lining.
- Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen.
- 1985-56-1
- Textile, Chan Chan
- cotton.
- Cowtan and Tout Larsen Archive Collection, Gift of Longhouse Reserve.
- 2016-32-5
- Textile, 2014
- cotton.
- Gift of Barbara Shapiro.
- 2014-50-1
Its dimensions are
H x W: 191.1 × 82.6 cm (6 ft. 3 1/4 in. × 32 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
Adire Wrapper (Nigeria); cotton; H x W: 191.1 × 82.6 cm (6 ft. 3 1/4 in. × 32 1/2 in.); Gift of the Estate of Mary Kirby; 1962-117-2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition David Adjaye Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection.
