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Dark blue square woven lace veil. The veil is made up of two rectangular panels stitched together at a seam in the centre. The lace is woven in a diamond grid pattern, with a smaller diamond inside each diamond shape. The weave of the lace is more dense towards the original edges. The dark blue indigo dye has faded to dark green in some areas.
Large indigo patterned adire cloth. Indigo dyed cloth with startch resist designs covering front. There is a circular central design with 2 figures (kings?) with numerous concentric arc designs below. Along the bottom edge are five repeating dove motifs with grids of dots in between; above are two lines of letters and symbols. The rest of the cloth has a mix of designs of lions, animals, leaves, dots, and sun designs(?). The bottom is the selvedge; the top has a narrow finished seam; the sides have wide finished seams. The back is plain indigo.
Pleated indigo-dyed skirt with high waist and unfinished upper edge. Two pink woven panels decorate centre and bottom edge of skirt; painted decorations and applique throughout indigo sections. Painted decorations consist of white lines, "X"'s, concentric diamonds, and inverted triangles. Applique designs consist of pink "X"'s, "V"'s, and plain lines, multicoloured triangles, as well as white rectangles with multicoloured diamonds. Panels have white zigzags and lizard-like designs woven throughout them. White applique bands with triangles throughout woven panel designs; edges of panel are trimmed with diamond filled applique bands. Bottom edge of skirt is trimmed with white and pink stripes.
Long rectangular piece of pleated indigo-dyed skirt fabric with an unfinished upper edge. Wide pink woven panel decorates bottom edge of skirt; painted decorations and applique across upper indigo section. Painted decorations consist of concentric diamonds, dotted lines, and squares with diagonal bands. Applique are multicoloured triangles and diamonds; triangles form star-like shapes and others are integrated into the painted square designs, diamonds in straight rows. Pink stripes throughout applique and painted patterns. Woven panel is trimmed with red and pink embroidery and has a wide white border with diamonds along top and bottom edges. Central row of white sun-like shapes across panel; large "X"'s, made up of smaller "X"'s, mixed throughout sun-like shapes. White squares, with pink diamonds, are in between the gaps in the larger "X"'s. Bottom edge of skirt is trimmed with white and pink stripes.
Large ndop cloth composed of twenty panels sewn together with plant fibre. The indigo-dyed panels have been stitched together along the short edge and have off-white designs throughout. Designs are done in vertical bands and filled with geometric and linear motifs. Motifs include: abstract interlocking “X” shapes, dots, zigzags, concentric diamonds, segmented circles, grid-like patterns, and connected lines.
Large textile composed of two matching pieces stitched together down the length, creating a large, rectangular textile with bilaterally symmetrical imagery. Wide middle panel of solid dark indigo flanked by side panels decorated with numerous narrow stripes, and central bands with intricate motifs in white on indigo. Both ends fringed.
Large textile composed of three pieces of fabric, stitched together down the width, creating a large, rectangular textile with bilaterally symmetrical imagery. Wide middle panel has dark brown-black background with geometric and zoomorphic designs, flanked by side panels decorated with stripes, and central bands with intricate motifs in light brown on dark brown-black. There is a strip of fabric sewn across the back of the top of the textile with pin holes in it. Both sides fringed.
Ceremonial hanging or funeral shroud composed of two matching pieces of ikat fabric stitched together down the length to form a large square. Uniform geometric patterns in grey-blue, light brown and dark purple-red on a red-orange background. Both sides are bordered by vertical stripes of olive green, grey-blue, red-orange and light yellow. There is a strip of fabric sewn across the back of the top of the textile with pin holes in it. The bottom edge has fringe.
Handmade, indigo dyed jacket. The exterior is black, the interior is lined with dark blue cloth. Jacket has a front centre opening, with finely woven bands attached to either side. Bands have a central design of curved lines on a solid background, trimmed by plain and dotted lines. Designs are done in different shades of purple. Identically coloured bands are along the halfway point of the sleeves. Bands have alternating, diagonal rows of swastikas and meander-like designs. They are framed with straight lines and rhombuses. Sides of bands, closest to the cuffs, are trimmed with white and dark brown stitches. Identical stitching along shoulders. Back of jacket has a central panel of vertical stripes, done in shades of blue and brown. Overtop, below the neckline, is an additional decorative panel made of tin embroidery, done in meander-like designs. Panel has long strands of fringe along the bottom edge. Front of jacket has a patch on one side, and another piece is inset around the neck.
Woman’s full-length, A-line, colourful robe (chapan), with long tapered sleeves; open at centre front from neck to hemline, no closures; made of red, yellow, dark red-purple and blue warp-ikat silk textile (abr), woven with patterned silk warp and red silk weft, giving the textile a pinkish background. The front opening is wide through the chest area then tapers inward and overlaps slightly at the hemline. Lightly quilted, with cotton batting. Gathering at the sides just under the sleeves. 16 cm vertical slits at each side at the hem. All edges trimmed with narrow green, black and white loop-manipulated warp twined technique. Lined with off-white cotton textile, machine printed with small gray circular motifs; sleeves lined with brown plaid cotton textile; edges of the body of the garments are faced on the inside with bias strips of multi-coloured ikat textile (silk warp, cotton weft); sleeves faced with bias strips of striped cotton textile.