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Wrapper (iro) or shawl (iborùn),

late 19th century

Yorùbá artist
2021-114

Information

Title
Wrapper (iro) or shawl (iborùn)
Dates

late 19th century

Maker
Medium
Cotton, silk, indigo, and dye
Dimensions
210.8 × 116.8 cm (83 × 46 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund and anonymous gift
Object Number
2021-114
Place Made

Africa, Nigeria, Ondo

Culture
Materials
Techniques

Private collection, Ondo, Nigeria, by June 2017; [Adire African Textiles, London, UK, acquired from the above, June 2017]; Princeton University Art Museum, by purchase from the above, 2021