Àdìrẹ is an indigo-dyed cotton textile on view in the exhibition One Egúng&uacu
Àdìrẹ is an indigo-dyed cotton textile on view in the exhibition One Egúngún . It is a resist-dyed Yorùbá textile. This particular technique àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ, is done by women artists, using cassava flour paste on fabric, preventing certain areas from soaking in blue indigo dye. Yorùbá egúngún masquerades use these fabrics as part of the costume. In Yorùbá communities cloth is linked to ancestors, as both are immortal in Yorùbá belief.Posted by Noemi DiopWoman’s Wrapper (àdìrẹ ẹlé̩kọ), 20th century. Abẹokuta, Nigeria. Cotton, synthetic indigo dye. Brooklyn Museum; Purchased with funds given by Frieda and Milton F. Rosenthal, 1990.132.8. Provenance: Produced in Abẹòkúta and purchased for the Brooklyn Museum from cloth trader Mrs. Abiola, University of Ìbàdàn, by Elisha Renne in 1990 -- source link
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