Multi-colored kente cloth. Six narrow (3 ½” wide each) strips, woven in three alternating patterns of yellow, red, blue, and green threads. Gift of Agnes Taylor Beecham.
Cross Colours sleeveless patterned collared button-up. Red, yellow, blue, and green stripes made with a printed fabric that replicates kente cloth. Circa 1990s. Donor wore in high school at Willowbridge High School in Houston, Texas; 1990-1992. Gift of Catrina Corley.
Cross Colours sleeveless patterned collared button-up. Red, yellow, blue, and green stripes made with a printed fabric that replicates kente cloth. Circa 1990s. Donor wore in high school at Willowbridge High School in Houston, Texas; 1990-1992. Gift of Catrina Corley.
Acquired in 1961. The Republic of Guinea became independent in 1958, and the first president was Sekou Toure. The bulk of the Paul and Doris Ward Collection of Nigerian textiles were acquired by the donors during multiple trips to Nigeria between 1958 and 1963. Some items were gifts; others were purchased. A few were later gifts from Nigerian students while Dr. Paul Ward was a professor of African studies at SUNY Albany. All of the adire was from the then Western region, fabricated by the ethnic Yoruba speaking populace, and collected from Lagos, Ibadan, Ife, and Abeokuta. Other material was collected from the then Eastern Region from ethnic Igbo speaking people, probably from Enugu, Port Harcourt, and Aba (to the best of the donors' memories). The man's handwoven agbada (outer garment), buba (blouse) and sokotos (trousers) were acquired in summer of 1963 from Ibadan in the Western region. Dates listed are the dates the donors acquired the items; some dates are approximate.
Acquired in 1961. The Republic of Guinea became independent in 1958, and the first president was Sekou Toure. The bulk of the Paul and Doris Ward Collection of Nigerian textiles were acquired by the donors during multiple trips to Nigeria between 1958 and 1963. Some items were gifts; others were purchased. A few were later gifts from Nigerian students while Dr. Paul Ward was a professor of African studies at SUNY Albany. All of the adire was from the then Western region, fabricated by the ethnic Yoruba speaking populace, and collected from Lagos, Ibadan, Ife, and Abeokuta. Other material was collected from the then Eastern Region from ethnic Igbo speaking people, probably from Enugu, Port Harcourt, and Aba (to the best of the donors' memories). The man's handwoven agbada (outer garment), buba (blouse) and sokotos (trousers) were acquired in summer of 1963 from Ibadan in the Western region. Dates listed are the dates the donors acquired the items; some dates are approximate.
Acquired in 1961. The Republic of Guinea became independent in 1958, and the first president was Sekou Toure. The bulk of the Paul and Doris Ward Collection of Nigerian textiles were acquired by the donors during multiple trips to Nigeria between 1958 and 1963. Some items were gifts; others were purchased. A few were later gifts from Nigerian students while Dr. Paul Ward was a professor of African studies at SUNY Albany. All of the adire was from the then Western region, fabricated by the ethnic Yoruba speaking populace, and collected from Lagos, Ibadan, Ife, and Abeokuta. Other material was collected from the then Eastern Region from ethnic Igbo speaking people, probably from Enugu, Port Harcourt, and Aba (to the best of the donors' memories). The man's handwoven agbada (outer garment), buba (blouse) and sokotos (trousers) were acquired in summer of 1963 from Ibadan in the Western region. Dates listed are the dates the donors acquired the items; some dates are approximate.
Piece of yellow cloth with printed political images from the Republic of Ghana and a green, red, and black chain background design, 116 cm x 180 cm, 04-Aug-2009, from the UBC Museum of Anthropology, accessed through Artstor, MOA 2749/1.
A Chitenge cloth, traditionally worn like a sarong or used as a carrying cloth for a baby, 116.5 cm x 132 cm x .1 cm, 14-May-2014, accessed from the UBC Museum of Anthropology on Artstor, MOA 2970/1.
