Checkerboard-like arrangement of dark and light blocks; Arabic-type script, 8-pointed medallion, and the stepped motif is reminiscient of bogolanfini (Bamana) mud cloth design. Color: gold and indigo.
Various letters displayed in yellow diamonds with book and easel motifs; background of indigo tendrils on claret. Color: claret,"broken gourd yellow" and indigo.
In center of field is a heart within which is an Akan stool on which are placed 2 fleur de lis and a Maltese cross in the center. Radiating out from the center are ten hearts, each with the name of a Ghanaian town, either located along the coast or inland as far as Kumasi. Color: yellow, tangerine, and indigo.
African game board motif; textured circles with game pieces on a background of indigo vines on deep tangerine. Color: deep tangerine, buttercup yellow, and indigo.
Adire eleko, Yoruba starch resist; hand-painted, appears to be a "bush" (rural) attempt at copying an Ibadendun; motifs: copying Mopo Hall, spoons, ostrich, ducks, and chieftainey leaves, wire. Color: indigo and white
Akwete cloth; inlay technique with double-woven checks; diamond motifs, Nnadede design (based on Indian madras) with mkpuru oka (grain of corn) interspersed throughout. Color: red, yellow, white, blue, and green
Nationalist design: Portrait of S.E. Cyrille Adoula (1 er. Ministre de la Republique du Congo) in the center, surrounded by oxblood patterned background and text above “30 Juin 1964” and text below, “4eme Anniversaire de L’Independence." Color: buttercup yellow, oxblood, and indigo.
Akwete cloth; inlay technique, ikaki (tortoise) with fefe (sword) as one row; draughts (checkerboard) as other; rayon weft on cotton; fringe on either end. Color: black and gold
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; design of arrows, checks, and stripes; fringe on either end. 15a and 15b are part of a wrapper set; 15c is a stole. Color: white on white
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; ikaki (tortoise) design in between which is the ahia design and ute (mat); mostly cotton on cotton, with a few stripes of rayon; fringe on either end. Color: orange and grape
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; traditional pattern and colors--designs: ayawaro (hunchback) and ebe (drinking cup) divided by lines; fringe on either end. Color: red, yellow, green, and white on black
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; tortoise and saw motif; designs: ayawaro (hunchback), draughts (checkerboard), fifi (saw or sword), and others; fringe on either end. Color: Red, olive, brown, on natural
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; ikaki (tortoise) and draughts (checkerboard) along two of the rows, ute (mat), the latter being an ahia design (i.e. one requiring an extra string heddle in between); fringe on one end. Color: black, white, and red
Akwete cloth; bow tie motif with inlay technique;"Ikaki"(tortoise) next to "fifi"(saw or sword); patterns reversed in their position in each opposite line; fringe on either end. Color: brown, white, yellow, and orange
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; rows of ikaki (tortoise) alternating with rows of ebe (drinking cup) woven to look like diamonds; fringe on either end. Used as a stole. Color: black and gold
Akwete cloth; bowtie motif with inlay technique; Indian George-type design as basis with small ebe weft-float; cotton threads; fringe on either end. Color: white, yellow, black, red, green, and blue
Akwete cloth; double bird motif (traditional pattern), birds interspersed throughout the cloth; inlay technique; fringe on either end. Color: yellow, blue, green, and white on red
Akwete cloth; tortoise and saw motif; rows of ikaki (tortoise), alternating with rows of (ebeakrika) ebe resembling thatch, lines in between have small ebe within; inlay technique; fringe on either end. Color: green, white, red, gold, yellow, and pink on black
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; tortoise and saw motif; stripes, hourglass designs, triangles; fringe on either end. Color: white, yellow, red, pink, green, orange, and cream on black
Yoruba narrow band strip; cloth made of warp-raw silk (sanyan); subtle stripes enmeshed in fabric; several strips sewn together; fringe on either end. Wrapper set, plus iborun (shawl). Color: natural
Appliqued cloth; motifs of multi-colored animals, people, tools, and plants sewn onto black cloth. Color: brown, green, blue, yellow, orange, pink, aqua, and white on black
