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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1935.137.1 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name garment Description Sleeveless cotton upper garment that is indigo-dyed and that has charms or amulets sewn in at the front, on the back and shoulders. One charm is enclosed in leather and is sewn onto the garment near the neckline. The fabric is printed with a maroon pattern in some of the sections and has a maroon coloured printed band along the bottom edge. This print may have originally been black but has become maroon in being dyed with indigo. Production place Southern Nigeria, Africa Production date 1901 - 1917 Material cotton, leather Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1935.137.1
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

garment
Description

Sleeveless cotton upper garment that is indigo-dyed and that has charms or amulets sewn in at the front, on the back and shoulders. One charm is enclosed in leather and is sewn onto the garment near the neckline. The fabric is printed with a maroon pattern in some of the sections and has a maroon coloured printed band along the bottom edge. This print may have originally been black but has become maroon in being dyed with indigo.
Production place

Southern Nigeria, Africa
Production date

1901 - 1917
Material

cotton, leather

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