West African textile


West African textile

Summary

Lancashire cloth. The design is shipped out as a white shirting, stitched into pattern by the native, dyed indigo and opened out. 2 pieces of the cloth are stitched together with a vegetable fibre which the natives call Ty-Ty.


Object Name

West African textile

accession number

1938.204

Collection Group

costume
textiles

Place of creation

Lancashire

Medium

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