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
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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)
mid-20th century
19th century
late 19th century
late 19th–early 20th century
mid 20th century
1984
19th century
19th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
early 19th century