2018.37.172

Collection type

Object

Description

Head dress of indigo resist-dyed ?cotton. Part of festival costume with dress 2018.37.171. [AF [EFCF project] 13/8/2019]

Long description

Head dress of indigo resist-dyed ?cotton. Part of festival costume with dress 2018.37.171. Dark blue material with light blue stitch restist dye design on the top half of the gown. Alternating lighter stitch resist dyed decrotative patterns including crosses, dots and vertical lines. Machine woven cotton with subtle small circles interwoven into fabric. The dress is hemmed.

Geographical reference

Senegal

Africa > Western Africa > Senegal

Person

Maker Aissorta Boear Toly LY

Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul

PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul

Date

Acquisition information

Donated: 03/03/2016

Materials and processes

Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Resist Dyed, Process Stitched

Dimensions

Length x Width 1130 x 850 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2018.37.172 Other numbers: Se4

Research and responses

The Jenny Balfour-Paul collection [2018.37] was extensively researched and studied as part of the Multaka Oxford Project. The Multaka Oxford project is an inclusive volunteering programme using the collections as a springboard for intercultural dialogue about cultural heritage delivered jointly by the Pitt Rivers Museum and the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford. Any inout from Multaka volunteers have been included as project notes on the database records for specific objects. [FB 26/1/2021]

Search terms: Textile, Clothing Textile, Clothing Headgear, Clothing