| Paste-resist
Dyeing
Adire
Eleko, Yoruba. Nigeria, West Africa
Cassava
flour resist-paste was painted onto this cloth by hand
before it was dyed in an indigo dye vat. The Oruba are
famous for paste-resist work, the mothod used in making
this example. Adire eleko cloths were first produced
aroun 1910, when large quantities of cotton shirting began
to be imported into the country.
20th
Century
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Susan
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Resist
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