Tent door hanging, probably Yoruk. Five panels of flat weave with pile weave motifs. The flat weave sections have bands of black, pink, purple, red and white in zigzag motifs. Each panel has two pile woven motifs: the upper register has a row of five hooked motifs with ‘eyes’ and two floral motifs between the upper and lower arms which are yellow with maroon borders. The upper register of five panels has pile woven rectangles in yellow and white, each containing squares/rectangles 12, 18,12,15,12. The main panel has fragments of cloth, perhaps amuletic, sewn along the base in pink, green, blue, yellow, purple and grey, plus blue and gold lurex. With a fringe of long black and grey tassels in alternating clumps of 12, 12, 13, 14, 11.
tent door hanging
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