Prestige robe (riga)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.6
Elite Nigerian men wore voluminous status garments variously called riga (Hausa), agbádá (Yorùbá), boubou (French), or mbubb (Wolof). Punctuated with white silk, this strip-woven riga’s inky blue was achieved by repeatedly dipping threads into indigo dye before weaving them. E...
Artifact
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171144
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2013.6
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Terms
Technique
Cotton, silk, and indigo
Medium
Cotton, silk, and indigo
Genre
Garment
Department
African Art
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