Yoruba starch resist, adire eleko;"olokun" cloth named for Yoruba goddess of ocean,"OK" pattern frequent, as well as four-legged stool, motifs of wire, spinning tops, cutlasses, stars and crescents, Ifa divination, and birds. Color: indigo and light blue
Yoruba starch resist; herringbone design over commercially printed cloth with dark and light elephant motifs marching head to tail in rows. Color: purple, indigo, and light blue
Yoruba; herringbone design over commercially printed cloth with fish pattern; some fish are portrayed individually and some are in circular medallions. Color: indigo, dark green, yellow, and white
Adire; herringbone designs overlaid on top of red wavy circles on commercial, printed cotton cloth; two panel sewn together. Color: indigo, light blue, and red
Adire; herringbone designs overlaid on top of red wavy circles on commercial, printed cotton cloth; two panel sewn together. Color: indigo, light blue, and red
Adire eleko;"moon and fruits"(osubamba) or "big moons and little moons," small circular outlines with larger circles interspersed. Color: red and white
Adire wrapper, folded and tied at intervals--end product design has diamond pattern; diagonal, variegated stripes. Color: indigo, light blue, and white
Adire eleko; "moon and fruits motif," osubamba. Completed wrapper--2 pieces joined and hemmed, deeply dyed with some sheen, large and smaller circles in alternate rows separated by several inches rather than rows of big moons surrounded by multitude of ups. Color: indigo and white
Adire eleko;"moon and fruits motif," osubamba. Completed wrapper--2 pieces joined and hemmed, deeply dyed with some sheen, large and smaller circles in alternate rows separated by several inches rather than rows of big moons surrounded by multitude of ups. Color: indigo and white
Adire eleko;"moon and fruits motif," osubamba. Large, textured circular resist area surrounded by smaller circular resist areas. Color: indigo and white
Adire eleko; eleso motif. 2 lengths for wrapper loosely joined by raffia thread whip stitch, deeply dyed, round dye resist areas. Color: indigo and white
Adire; four panels repeating with geometric shapes, a butterfly-like motif, and the words A Iremo Jubairaire Mojuba; two pieces sewn together. Color: indigo and light blue
Adire; stippled fabric with eight-point stars overlaid in a regular grid pattern; wide border of seven different panels, each with its own geometric or natural motif. Color: indigo and light blue
Adire eleko, handpainted; finished wrapper with four panels repeating with geometric shapes, stripes, and diagonal writing ""Asirial Ariekonituasi Rial Adire Konitu Asirial," striped border. Color: indigo and light blue
Aleko; four panels stenciled with repeating geometric shapes and stippling, striped borders; writing along selvedge; two pieces sewn together. Color: indigo and light blue
eleso (hand stitched); small outlines of circles forming large circular shapes and chain-like lines, interspersed on cloth are several white textured circles; two pieces sewn together. Color: indigo and light blue
Eleso (hand stitched); criss-cross patterns in checkerboard layout, border of small circles; several strips sewn together. Color: indigo and light blue
