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Fitzgerald Rare Textiles 28 Church Row London NW3 6UP T:+44 (0)20 7431 3076 |
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Cotton strip weaving Woven in 10 strips from the ewe people Ghana early 20th century |
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Ghana |
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A fragment of a Kuba rafia applique skirt Zaire late 20th century. Measurements:60 cm's x 220cm's |
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Zaire |
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Tye dyed and woven raffia Kercheif Dida people of the Ivory Coast. Early 20th century Measurements:39 cms x 46cms |
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Ivory Coast |
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Dida Skirt Tye dyed and woven in raffia. woven in continuous circle with no seam. Dida People of The Ivory Coast Measurements:length. 60cms - circumference 60cms |
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Ivory Coast |
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Dida Skirt Tye dyed and woven in raffia. woven in continuous circle with no seam. Dida People of The Ivory Coast Measurements: length 98cms - circumference 80cms |
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Ivory Coast |
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A womans appliqued raffia skirt Date:mid 20 cent. purchased in 1968. Booshong Kuba people, Congo Measurements: 520 cm's x 55cm's |
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Nigeria |
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Stock No 2916 Cotton strip woven cloth with 14 strips Ewe people Ghana Mid 20th century Measurements: 45 x 75 inches.114 cms x 190cms |
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Ghana |
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IStock No 2917 Womens wrapper Indigo Cotton Strip weave Ewe people Ghana mid 20th century |
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Ghana |
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Women's wrap Cotton Strip Woven Ewe people Ghana 1950 (detail) - Measurements:198 cm x 126 cm |
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Ghana |
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Women's wrap Cotton Strip Woven Ewe people Ghana 1950 (detail) Measurements: 222 cm x 111 cm |
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Ghana |
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Women's wrap Cotton Strip Woven Ewe people Ghana 1950 (detail) Measurements: 170 cm x 103 cm |
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Ghana |
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A Fulani or Dogon cotton blanket with checkerboard format. Hand spun cotton with many shades of indigo. These blankets were worn as a mark of high rank by senior men. Similar blankets have been woven in the region for hundreds of years. Measurements: 70 in x 40 in |
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Dogon |
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Womans veil or head scarf Wool painted with henna Ida ou Nadif peoples, Berber Central atlas mountains Circa 1900-1950 Measurements: 46 in x 47 in Similar piece published: The Fabric of Moroccan Life by Paydar and Grammet published by Indianapolis Museum of Art pg 272 asc no 1998.29. |
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Berber, Moroccan |
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Wrapper Indigo and white Strip woven cotton man's cloth Ewe People Ghana Mid 20th cent. Measurements: 118 in x 62 in |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Wrapper Multi coloured with blue base Strip woven cotton man's cloth Ewe People Mid 20th cent Measurement :114 in x 48 in |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Wrapper Idigo and white Strip woven Woman's cloth Mid 20th century |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Mans Wrapper A rare and early strip woven cotton Cloth from the Ewe People Ghana Circa 1890s Approx. 108 in x 54 in |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Ewe Stripwoven woman's cloth Ewe people, Ghana, c.1940s strip woven cotton, indigo with yellow, orange and pink geometrical and figurative insets 15 strips Measurements: 77 in x 48 in - 195cms x 122cms |
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Ewe, Ghana |
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Appliqued raffia panels Date:1940 Booshong Kuba people, Congo Measurements: 200 in x 32 in - 528cm x 82 cm |
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Congo |
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A Woman's Overskirt (Ntshak) Red raffia panel (extremely soft) Date:1940 Booshong Kuba people, Congo Measurements: 240in x 32 in - 600cm x 82 cm |
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Congo |
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