LOT 215 PUBLISHED YORUBA MAN'S WRAPPER CLOTH, ASO OLONA NIGERIA
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YORUBA MAN'S WRAPPER CLOTH, ASO OLONA NIGERIA hand and machine spun cotton, four panel weave (212cm x 159cm) Footnote: Provenance: The Keir McGuinness Collection of African Textiles Published: Clarke, D. 2015. African Textiles, London: Prestel Publishing. p. 140. Note: "These four panel women's weave cloths were worn as insignia of office by elderly men belonging to a society called Ogboni that maintained a shrine to the Earth and had an important role in the selection of Yoruba kings. The designs are said to represent water spirits." Clarke, D., 2015. African Textiles.
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