Mens vestment · Nigeria, Nupe · ID: 3035641
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Oskar Oberle, Würzburg, GermanySize
L. 113 cm
B: 185 cm
L. 44.5 inch
B: 72.8 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Lamb, Venice & Judy Holmes, Nigerian Weaving, Lagos 1980, p. 70 f.