Sunday 17 April 2011

Wearing African Textiles–part 5: Yoruba Aso Oke

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Vintage postcard, circa 1950, authors collection. The two ladies at the centre of the photograph wear ikat patterned aso oke strip weave cloth. Click the photo to enlarge.

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Ikat patterned aso oke strip woven cloth, Yoruba, Nigeria, circa 1950.

Our current selection of vintage aso oke is online here.

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