Headtie
1980s (made)
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Headtie, sample, dark brown ground with rows of large fish outlining a shoal of smaller fish in silver and gold metallic thread. Same design as T.123-2000 and especially popular around the Ibo river.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Jacquard woven silk |
| Brief description | Jacquard-woven silk for a headtie, head wrap or gele, Switzerland for Hayes Textiles Ltd. London, for the Nigerian market, 1982-83 |
| Physical description | Headtie, sample, dark brown ground with rows of large fish outlining a shoal of smaller fish in silver and gold metallic thread. Same design as T.123-2000 and especially popular around the Ibo river. |
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| Credit line | Gift of the estate of Mr. D.A. Butler |
| Production | made for Hayes Textiles Limited, London, for export to Nigeria |
| Bibliographic reference | Stylianou, N., 'Designing for a New Nigeria: Hayes Textiles Limited and the British Manuacture of Gele in the Postcolonial Period' in Farley, L and Weddell, J., (eds)., Design Objects and the Museum (London, 2016), pp.41-50 |
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| Accession number | T.122-2000 |
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| Record created | August 18, 2000 |
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