Prestige robe (riga)

late 1800s–by 1910 Overall: 120 x 226 cm (47 1/4 x 89 in.) Source image
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...

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