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CODE#: NW411

PRICE: US$345

Measurement: 74ins x 52ins, 189cm x 132 cm

A rare early  example of Yoruba women's weaving with a complex interaction of weft and warp stripes and narrow warp stripes of trans-Saharan magenta silk "alaari." Unfortunately it has very faint staining from water damage - see detail. Dates from circa 1900. 

(c) Duncan Clarke, Version 11/19/2008

  

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