Thursday, 26 March 2015

Cloth of the month: A fine natural dyed Hausa blanket.

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AS523 - Fine Hausa blanket collected before World War II. Although cloths such as this were doubtless once widely available in the north o...
Saturday, 21 March 2015

Nkontompo Ntama–The Liar’s Cloth

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I first met Claude Delmas a couple of years ago when I gave a talk on African textiles at the Oriental Rug Society here in London and she ha...
Friday, 13 March 2015

New at the shop today–Burkina Faso indigo

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One of a group of Burkina resist patterned indigos I just found in Accra. I haven’t seen this type of patterning on these cloths before. ...
Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Exhibition: “It’s A Wrap: West African Textiles” Widener Gallery, Hartford CT.

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February 9 – March 14 2015. Widener Gallery, Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, Hartford CT. Click on the image below for the text b...
Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Cameroon Feather Hats in context.

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With newly made Cameroon feather hats for sale by the hundred on Ebay and, I noticed this morning, a page on Pinterest devoted to “ Juju H...
Wednesday, 18 February 2015

West African Prestige Robes from the Musee du Quai Branly, Paris.

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Below are a selection of unusual and early robes from the Musee du Quai Branly, Paris.  Their entire collection may be viewed online here . ...
Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Cloth of the month: An Ewe chief’s robe.

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E816 - Superb complete example of a rare style of Ewe chief's cloth. In this style the weaver uses the three weft block layout typical...