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51. Aso ebi (Personal collection of Bumni Osias)

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Bunmi Osias (left) and Jumoke Osias (right) wearing blue bubus made from cotton cloth. Jumoke dons a gele and iborun (shawl), which are made from aso oke. Bunmi wears the gele as a iborun because there is too much fabric for her to use it as a headwrap. The shawl along with the collar and skirt of the bubu are embroidered with a white design of circles and lines. Photograph provided from personal collection.

52. Aso ebi (Personal collection of Bumni Osias)

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Shirley Patterson wears a blue bubu (women’s gown) made from aso oke paired with a white overcoat and solid blue gele. Photograph provided from personal collection.

53. Cloth, black and white

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CF+TC #3353
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Black and white fabric from Zanzibar; printed on it is:"CHUMIA JUANI HULA KIVULINI" decorative print, border is a floral design with circular motif in center. Printed on the border is REGD. FOR KASSAMALI DHARAMSI & SON (K511), and A.H. VIRJEE & CO.- YAGI KHANGA.

54. Cloth, black and white

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CF+TC #3353
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Black and white fabric from Zanzibar; printed on it is:"CHUMIA JUANI HULA KIVULINI" decorative print, border is a floral design with circular motif in center. Printed on the border is REGD. FOR KASSAMALI DHARAMSI & SON (K511), and A.H. VIRJEE & CO.- YAGI KHANGA.

55. Cloth, black and white Close Up

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CF+TC #3353
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Black and white fabric from Zanzibar; printed on it is:"CHUMIA JUANI HULA KIVULINI" decorative print, border is a floral design with circular motif in center. Printed on the border is REGD. FOR KASSAMALI DHARAMSI & SON (K511), and A.H. VIRJEE & CO.- YAGI KHANGA.