Robe, Agbada (Big gown), including a buba (inner gown) and sokoto (pant)
Unidentified Yoruba maker
about 1960
aso oke (handwoven cotton strips) and machine-made embroidery
Overall: 51 × 74 in. (129.5 × 188 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Manjari Wijenaike, Class of 1991, Sanjeevani Wijenaike and Marisha Bandaratiklaka in memory of their grandfather, Mr. Andrew W. Kannangara
2013.81
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Akintola Deko (1913-1987), Agriculture Minister, Nigeria; given to Andrew W. Kannangara, in appreciation of his work as the Project Director for the Freedom from Hunger Campaign's Swamp Rice Agriculture Project for the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organizaton, in 1960; bequeathed to his daughters, Mrs. Dananjani Wijenaike and Mrs. Amitha Bandaratiklaka; to their children, Manjari Wijenaike, Class of 1991, Sanjeevani Wijenaike, and Marisha Bandaratiklaka; given to present collection, 2013.
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