Collection Highlights: African Textiles
The museum’s collection of African textiles features a wide variety of traditions and techniques, including Kuba raffia embroidery from Congo, Ashanti strip weaving from Ghana, bogolanfini mudcloth from Mali, Nigerian adire indigo resists, and embroidered samplers from Morocco. In addition to textiles, the collection includes a small number of hats and examples of Zulu beadwork jewelry.
- Textile (Ghana)
- cotton.
- Gift of the Estate of Mary Kirby.
- 1962-117-4
- Wrapper (Ghana)
- cotton.
- Bequest of Mary Kirby.
- 1962-123-1
- Adinkra Ceremonial Wrapper (Ghana)
- cotton.
- Bequest of Mary Kirby.
- 1962-123-2
- Cap (Egypt)
- silk, metallic threads.
- Gift of Mrs. Daniel Deluce.
- 1964-61-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Textile (Cote d'Ivoire)
- cotton.
- Gift of Leonard E. Langeland.
- 1965-1-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Cap (Morocco)
- wool.
- Gift of Woman's Day Magazine.
- 1966-54-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Man's Robe
- silk, metallic thread (silver foil on yellow silk core).
- Gift of Harvey Smith.
- 1967-20-32
- Necklace (South Africa)
- glass beads, cotton string.
- Gift of Mrs. M.R. Ford.
- 1967-21-1-a
- Necklace (South Africa)
- glass beads, cotton string.
- Gift of Mrs. M.R. Ford.
- 1967-21-1-b
- Necklace (South Africa)
- glass beads, cotton string.
- Gift of Mrs. M.R. Ford.
- 1967-21-1-c
- Necklace (South Africa)
- glass beads, cotton string.
- Gift of Mrs. M.R. Ford.
- 1967-21-1-d
- Necklace (South Africa)
- glass beads, cotton string.
- Gift of Mrs. M.R. Ford.
- 1967-21-1-e
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Necklace (South Africa)
- glass beads, cotton string.
- Gift of Mrs. M.R. Ford.
- 1967-21-1-f
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Necklace (South Africa)
- glass beads, cotton string.
- Gift of Mrs. M.R. Ford.
- 1967-21-1-h
- Necklace (South Africa)
- glass beads, cotton string.
- Gift of Mrs. M.R. Ford.
- 1967-21-1-j
- Adinkra Wrapper (Ghana)
- cotton.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper.
- 1969-7-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Kente Prestige Cloth (Ghana)
- viscose rayon.
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1969-11-1
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
This object has not been digitized yet.
- Adinkra Wrapper (Ghana), 1901–1969
- cotton.
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1969-11-3
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Woman's Head Wrap (Nigeria)
- cotton.
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1969-11-5
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Woman's Head Wrap (Nigeria)
- cotton, rayon.
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1969-11-6
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Woman's Head Wrap (Nigeria)
- cotton, silk or rayon (?).
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1969-11-7
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Woman's Wrapper (Nigeria)
- cotton, silk or rayon (?).
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1969-11-8
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Woman's Wrapper (Nigeria)
- cotton.
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1969-11-9
- Blanket (kaasa) (Nigeria)
- hand-spun wool, cotton.
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1969-11-10
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Wrapper (Nigeria)
- cotton.
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1969-11-11
- Status Cloth (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- raffia.
- Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
- 1969-50-16
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Fragment (Nigeria)
- cotton.
- Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
- 1969-50-17
- Bracelets (South Africa)
- beads, hide.
- Gift of Mrs. Daniel Putnam Adams.
- 1969-98-10-a,b
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Apron (South Africa)
- beads, hide.
- Gift of Mrs. Daniel Putnam Adams.
- 1969-98-10-c
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Belt (South Africa)
- beads, hide.
- Gift of Mrs. Daniel Putnam Adams.
- 1969-98-10-d,e
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Headpiece (South Africa)
- beads, fur, leather, brass.
- Gift of Mrs. Daniel Putnam Adams.
- 1969-98-11
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Wrapper (Ethiopia)
- cotton.
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1970-14-1-a
- This object is part of the Textiles collection.
- Wrapper (Ethiopia)
- cotton.
- Gift of Mrs Calvin W. Stillman.
- 1970-14-1-b
- Border Fragment
- silk on linen.
- Bequest of Marian Hague.
- 1971-50-130
- Textile (Nigeria)
- cotton.
- Gift of Milton Sonday.
- 1972-31-1
