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Image Not Available for Adire Eleko (Starch Resist Cloth) of Olokun (Life is Sweet) Pattern
Adire Eleko (Starch Resist Cloth) of Olokun (Life is Sweet) Pattern
Image Not Available for Adire Eleko (Starch Resist Cloth) of Olokun (Life is Sweet) Pattern

Adire Eleko (Starch Resist Cloth) of Olokun (Life is Sweet) Pattern

Dateca. 1940
Object number90.51
Credit LineGift of Marshall and Helen Hatch
Dimensions69 1/2 x 76in. (176.5 x 193cm)
MediumImported cotton cloth with indigo dye and freehand pattern resist
Nigerian
Object number: 2001.978
Nigerian
20th century
Object number: 2001.979
Cloth (Adire-Eleko)
Nigerian
Object number: 81.17.658
Nigerian
20th century
Object number: 2001.980
Cloth (Adire Alabere)
Nigerian
early 20th century
Object number: 81.17.657
Cloth (Adire-Eleko)
Nigerian
Object number: 81.17.651
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 2001.502