cloth (cloth)
Descriptions
Akwete cloths are single panel cotton cloths woven on a woman’s single-heddle vertical loom. The lozenge ikaki, or tortoise motif, resembles the oni design used by Yoruba weavers of Ijebu Ode in the southwest.
Acquired in the 1960s.
This object is on display at RAMM in the World Cultures gallery.
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