Woman’s Wrapper

African

1998

  • Titles Woman's Wrapper (Descriptive)
  • Medium indigo-dyed cotton
  • Dimensions 34 1/2 × 82 1/2 in. (87.6 × 209.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Marie Adeniran, 2020.24
  • Work Type wrapper
  • Classification Costume

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Ovoid, brownish-red vessel with lug handles at mid-point of body, and short, slightly flaring rim. Vessel is demarcated around widest point with band of incised dots; top half of vessel is smooth, and bottom half is adorned with rolled texture, and blackened.
Oval-shaped vessel tapers to narrow, flat base. Narrow curved neck has flaring rim; shoulder has five rows of raised bumps. Body of vessel has four rows of repeating incised garlands.
Round, red-orange vessel has wide mouth; shoulder has glossy surface and bottom two-thirds has matte, buff-colored surface with faint roulette texture.
Container with Lid (Forowa), Asante people, Ghana, African, brass