over-the-head garment, folded at shoulders; rectangular fabric with rectangle neck hole in center; grey and black striped fabric; stripes horizontal across shoulder and upper body area, vertical on lower body and lower parts of sleeves; design formed by white fabric with cutouts sewn onto visible side of garment; vertical stripes of triangles pointing sideways on lower front and back; large concentric circles filled with bands of diamonds and diamond-checkerboard pattern in center; rectangular diamond-checker pattern with stripes on either side running along top fold on one side

Agbada, 20th century

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Title
Agbada
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.102.31
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over-the-head garment, folded at shoulders; rectangular fabric with rectangle neck hole in center; grey and black striped fabric; stripes horizontal across shoulder and upper body area, vertical on lower body and lower parts of sleeves; design formed by white fabric with cutouts sewn onto visible side of garment; vertical stripes of triangles pointing sideways on lower front and back; large concentric circles filled with bands of diamonds and diamond-checkerboard pattern in center; rectangular diamond-checker pattern with stripes on either side running along top fold on one side