Akwete head wrapper
c. 1960s
Overall: 223.5 x 81.3 cm (88 x 32 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.22
This head wrapper is a complex example of cloth unique to the southeastern town of Akwete. Learning from a young age, women there weave part-time on a horizontal loom. Weavers add extra weft (horizontal) threads to create patterns and designs. Abstracted motifs (like the zig-z...
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