Mens vestment ·  Nigeria, Nupe · ID: 3035641

Description

typical indigo blue “sabu cloth” robe of strips of cotton fabric which are sewn together, extremely fine characteristic Bida embroidery showing clearly the “egba jufon” (small sword), the “gabiya” (triple leaf) and the “gidan nazuman” (circle on the left), rep. (tears);
such vestments were reserved for men of high social prestige.

The object Mens vestment with the object ID 3035641 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 238 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Lamb, Venice & Judy Holmes, Nigerian Weaving, Lagos 1980, p. 70 f.