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Textiles and the Decorative Arts Characteristics: Made from cotton, animal and grass fibers.

Textiles and the Decorative Arts Characteristics: Made from cotton, animal and grass fibers. Woven cloth made on narrow and horizontal looms. Motifs and patterns of cloth produced by a variety of techniques: such as resist dyeing, tie dyeing, weaving, and direct painting on the fabric.

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Textiles and the Decorative Arts Characteristics: Made from cotton, animal and grass fibers.

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  1. Textiles and the Decorative Arts Characteristics: Made from cotton, animal and grass fibers. Woven cloth made on narrow and horizontal looms. Motifs and patterns of cloth produced by a variety of techniques: such as resist dyeing, tie dyeing, weaving, and direct painting on the fabric. Cloth indicates status, personal and group identity, as well as the wearer’s occupation. Often done to beautify, complement, and enhance the body. Cloth is the fabric of immortality— “Cloth does not die, only wears to shreds” “It is cloth we should greet before greeting the wearer”

  2. Ibadan Dun—Ibadan is Sweet, Pleasurable, Enjoyable Indigo dyed fabric, Yoruba 20th century

  3. Woman painting designs With feather and cassava starch

  4. Woman displays completely Dried stenciled patterns

  5. The dying stage

  6. Third stage of the dying process

  7. The final product

  8. Bogolanfini Artist Bamana Peoples, Mali Mud cloth 20th century

  9. Bogolanfini—Mud cloth, Bamana Peoples Mali, 20th century

  10. Bogolanfini—mud cloth, Bamana Peoples, Mali, cotton and natural dyes 20th century

  11. Bogolanfini—Mud cloth, Bamana Peoples, Mali, cotton, natural pigments 20th century

  12. Adinkra, Akan, Ghana Cotton, pigments 20th century

  13. Berber Blanket, wool and natural pigments, Morocco, 20th century

  14. Berber Textile, Hand woven wool, with natural pigments 20th century

  15. Fon applique, Fon Peoples, Benin Republic Cotton, 20th century

  16. Funerary Cloth, Ibibio, Nigeria Cotton, 20th century

  17. Warriors in Quilted Cloth Armor, Djerma (Hausa) Peoples, Niger, 20th century

  18. Woman weaving at the Vertical Loom

  19. Weaving on the Narrow loom, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria 20th century

  20. Hand woven fabric Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria Cotton, silk 20th century

  21. Dandogo, Yoruba, Nigeria Cotton, natural dyes 20th century

  22. Dancer in Dandogo, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, 20th century

  23. Kente, Akan Peoples, Ghana/Ivory Coast Cotton, silk 20th century

  24. Kuba cloth, Kuba Peoples, Congo, raffia and natural pigments, 20th century

  25. Kuba cloth, Kuba Peoples, Congo, raffia and natural pigments, 20th century

  26. Ruler in Kente, Akan Peoples, Ghana Cotton, gold, leather 20th century

  27. Orangun of Ila, (Ruler of Ila) Yoruba, Nigeria Cotton, beads, leather 20th century

  28. Hausa Royalty, Hausa, Nigeria Cotton, velvet 20th century

  29. Titled Chief in front of Nsibidi cloth Note the feathers in cap, Leopard teeth necklace and the elephant Tusk in his hand

  30. Ekpe members in procession wearing the Ukara cloth, Igbo Nigeria

  31. Kalabari Ijaw, Funerary Textile Display in the Jelly Fish Pattern, Buguma, Nigeria

  32. Egungun costume on display at the Studio Museum, New York Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria. Cotton, leather, metal, cowries, 20th century

  33. Egungun Performance, Yoruba, Nigeria

  34. Ijele Masquerade, Igbo, Nigeria Cotton, wood, plastics, leather 20th century

  35. Elephant masks in performance, Cameroon

  36. Ejisuhene Nana Diko Pim III, Wearing the great Warrior shirt And Hat with amulets, Akan Peoples, Ghana Cotton, leather, metal, horns and cowries 20th century

  37. Ruler’s beaded shirt, Yoruba, Nigeria Beads, cotton 20th century

  38. Sango Priests in a ritual dance, Yoruba, Nigeria, cotton, leather, cowries 20th century

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