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About Me
- Duncan Clarke
- London
- Adire African Textiles is a small London based gallery dedicated solely to exploring the vintage textile traditions of sub-Saharan Africa. We work with a network of partners throughout West Africa to source exceptional museum quality textiles for clients that include leading museums worldwide, private collectors, and interior designers.
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- Interesting new book on Nigerian dress traditions…
- An Ewe chief, Togo, circa 1920
- Coiffure de jeune femme de Say, circa 1930s
- Studio portrait, Mauretania.
- Cloth of the month: an unique Ewe related textile.
- Negotiation of the Secret Society Cloth: An Explor...
- Family portrait, Mali(?), circa 1920s
- Cloths with mobile phone motifs…
- Wodaabe–“nomads who cultivate beauty”
- A fine Wodaabe ceremonial tunic, Niger
- More Ewe cloths online…
- Yoruba sculptures of weavers
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