gown

A man's large rectangular gown, called 'babba riga' in Hausa, and 'takatkat' in Tamacheq. Machine embroidery covers the whole front of the gown, and there is one embroidered motif on the back. The embroidered motifs on the front include the aska motif (aska is the Hausa word for knife). Mallam Moussa bought the cloth un-dyed at the market and had it tailored and embroidered in Agadez. He then took the gown to a dyer (a Malian) who dyed it indigo.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2007.253
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 1410 mm x 2050 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cotton; indigo; machine embroidery
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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