GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Exceptionally wide woven raffia panels like this one are decorated with appliquéd geometric shapes and wrapped multiple times around the body and worn as skirts. Although patches were originally used to cover holes resulting from pounding raffia cloth until it was supple, appliqué fabric became an art in its own right. Men weave raffia into cloth and women appliqué and embroider it.
High-status women danced wearing appliqué skirts at the itul, a festival enhancing the prestige of royalty or officials.
Excerpt from
Roslyn A. Walker, Label text, Add to, Take Away: Artistry and Innovation in African Textiles, 2014.
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1984: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Eugene and Margaret McDermott, purchased from Diane Daniel, Los Angeles [1]
[1] Works of art given or purchased by The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization, are placed in the custody of the DMA for the purpose of public display on the premises of the Museum or in other recognized art galleries or museums. The title to all works of art purchased (or otherwise acquired) by the McDermott Art Fun remains with the Fund.
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- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Read more about dress in Africa.
- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Learn more about African textiles.
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General Description
Exceptionally wide woven raffia panels like this one are decorated with appliquéd geometric shapes and wrapped multiple times around the body and worn as skirts. Although patches were originally used to cover holes resulting from pounding raffia cloth until it was supple, appliqué fabric became an art in its own right. Men weave raffia into cloth and women appliqué and embroider it.
High-status women danced wearing appliqué skirts at the itul, a festival enhancing the prestige of royalty or officials.
Excerpt from
Roslyn A. Walker, Label text, Add to, Take Away: Artistry and Innovation in African Textiles, 2014.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Read more about dress in Africa.
- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Learn more about African textiles.
Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
1984: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Eugene and Margaret McDermott, purchased from Diane Daniel, Los Angeles [1]
[1] Works of art given or purchased by The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization, are placed in the custody of the DMA for the purpose of public display on the premises of the Museum or in other recognized art galleries or museums. The title to all works of art purchased (or otherwise acquired) by the McDermott Art Fun remains with the Fund.
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