Strip of Cloth

Yoruba people, Nigeria, African

About 1990

  • Titles Strip of Cloth (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton and lurex
  • Dimensions 42 3/4 × 4 in. (108.6 × 10.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Marie Adeniran, 2020.42.4
  • Work Type cloth
  • Classification Materials

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Figurative vessel has curved arms with hands resting on abdomen just below breasts; head has modeled features and plaited hair. Slightly flared opening to vessel rises from top of head.
Tall vertical plank surmounts circular "face." Patterns on plank are carved and painted with red, black, and white pigment. Patterns on front include two large "X" designs, one atop the other. Top of plank is sculpted into upturned crescent moon shape. Back of plank has checkerboard pattern. Hood "beak" shape extends from front of circular face, pointing downward toward circular "mouth" opening. Deep oval shape extends from back side of face to cover masquerader's face. Holes around edge of oval for rope to secure mask to back of masquerader's head.
A group of black people wearing white and walking to the left.
Wooden tubular pipe with inlaid bands of silver filament, and inlaid brass wire scrollwork