Women's Wrapper
Unidentified Yoruba maker
collected 1977
Indigo dyed cotton
Overall: 78 3/4 × 63 3/4 in. (200 × 162 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Adrian Walser, Class of 1932
178.30.25835
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Africa
On view
Provenance
Collected by Adrian Andrew Walser (1910-1994) in the Oje market, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1977; given to present collection, 1978.
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