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Wrapper (Ivory Coast)
This is a Wrapper. It is dated mid-20th century and we acquired it in 1979. Its medium is cotton, rayon and its technique is hand-loomed warp-faced plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning, tied-resist patterning in warp (ikat), indigo-dyed. It is a part of the Textiles department.
The dynamic checkerboard effect of this wrapper was created using the ikat technique. Before weaving, the warp yarns are tie-dyed in two contrasting stripe patterns—one predominantly blue and the other predominantly white. The dyed yarns are then woven in a continuous narrow strip and further embellished with scattered, brightly colored, brocaded motifs. The strip is cut and the pieces sewn side-to-side, carefully aligning the pattern areas to create a checkerboard design. The transition between the blue and white squares has the blurred effect characteristic of the ikat technique.
This type of cloth has become associated with the Baule people. The complex ikat technique, however, is rarely used in Africa and was undoubtedly brought to the Baule by Dyula dyers, who had major trade routes throughout the region; many Dyula migrated to Ivory Coast during the 1950s and 60s. The single red border is also characteristic of Dyula weavers.[1]
[1] Christine Giuntini, Conservator in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; email message to author, November 24, 2014, regarding the unpublished research of Jerry Vogel.
It is credited Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund.
- Textile (Cote d'Ivoire)
- cotton.
- Gift of Leonard E. Langeland.
- 1965-1-1
- Harlekiini (Harlequin) Vase
- glazed stoneware.
- Gift of Mathew Weaver in honor of his mother, Lenora J. Nelson Weaver.
- 2010-39-4
- Textile (Japan)
- hemp or ramie.
- 1956-64-20
Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Textile (Nigeria)
- cotton.
- Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
- 1959-36-2
- Textile, Yuki Tsumugi
- warp: hand-spun silk (tsumugi) wrapped with reeled silk; weft: hand-spun silk....
- Gift of Jun Okuzawa, Representative of Yuki Tsumugi Producers Association.
- 1989-99-1
- Textile, Chan Chan
- cotton.
- Cowtan and Tout Larsen Archive Collection, Gift of Longhouse Reserve.
- 2016-32-5
Its dimensions are
H x W: 174 × 104.1 cm (5 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 41 in.)
Cite this object as
Wrapper (Ivory Coast); cotton, rayon; H x W: 174 × 104.1 cm (5 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 41 in.); Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund; 1979-23-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition David Adjaye Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection.
