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Man's wrapper (Aso oke)

mid 20th century
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave with silk and cotton supplementary patterning wefts (Strip weaving).
DimensionsLength x width: 123.2 x 190.5 cm (48 1/2 x 75 in.) w/o fringe
Credit LineGift of Dr. Frances Steele in memory of Clara Steele
Accession number2011.500
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceJuly, 1958, purchased at a market in Nigeria by Frances Steele, East Dennis, MA; 2011, gift of Steele to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
Blanket
mid-20th century
Presentation cloth (aso oke)
Alhadji Yahaya Kalu
about 1950
Wrapper
late 19th–early 20th century
Fragment of silk
early 19th century
Fragment of silk
early 19th century
Fragment of silk
late 19th century
Textile fragment
late 17th century