- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- West African trousers, (possibly Nigerian) of velvet with a drawstring waist.
- Cultural groups
- Yoruba
- Date / Period
- Date made: Circa 1960
- Date collected
- 1960 - 1962
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 02/1994
- Materials and processes
- Material Velvet Textile, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Length 882 mm, Width 1498 mm waist
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1994.14.3
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