Headscarf, Independence, Red, Yellow & Green, with combs Close Up

Collection ID:

CF+TC #2015.02.027

Date:

1960

Background:

These imported women's head scarves were manufactured for Nigerian Independence celebrations October 1, 1960. The bulk of the Paul and Doris Ward Collection of Nigerian textiles were acquired by the donors during multiple trips to Nigeria between 1958 and 1963. Some items were gifts; others were purchased. A few were later gifts from Nigerian students while Dr. Paul Ward was a professor of African studies at SUNY Albany. All of the adire was from the then Western region, fabricated by the ethnic Yoruba speaking populace, and collected from Lagos, Ibadan, Ife, and Abeokuta.