Kaftan style dress with tie-dye circle designs. Dark green circle overtop gold background in the centre of the dress, on both the front and back, and a dark green circle around the entire neckline. Other streaks of dark green and lighter gold throughout. Yellow embroidery around neckline, sleeves and along bottom edge. Embroidery along sleeves and bottom edge in shape of wavy line. Small embroidered circles span the entire neckline, with loops on top of them. On the front of the dress, extending down from the collar, are eight large embroidered circles outlined with loops and curls. The large circles form an inverted triangle. The interior of the dress has white cotton around the collar, with the same embroidery on it as the exterior. Attached to the lining are two cotton circles- one white, one dark green. The circles also have embroidery on them. All edges of dress are hemmed.

• Narrative

  Collected by the donor in Kano, Nigeria, in 1973.

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• Type of Item dress
• Culture West African
• Material dye, cotton fibre
• Measurements height 130.3 cm, width 116.9 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Millie Morton
• Received from Millie Morton

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• Made in Nigeria

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• Creation Date during 1973
• Collection Date during 1973
• Ownership Date before January 29, 2019
• Acquisition Date on January 29, 2019

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3343/0009