Indigo-dyed textile

Name/Title

Indigo-dyed textile

Entry/Object ID

2021.5.2

Description

Yards of hand-dyed indigo fabric made by Yoruba indigo master Gasali Adeyemo. Features all-over grid-like pattern made from stitch resist technique. Thread remains from previous stitching.

Category

Cloth

Acquisition

Accession

2021.5

Made/Created

Artist

Gasali Adeyemo

Date made

circa 2019

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Nigeria

Culture/Tribe

Yoruba

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

indigo (colorant), resist dyeing

Parts

Count

2

Parts

1 on backdrop shelf, 1 in collection.

Location

Shelf

Photo Backdrop

Room

Studio