Yoruba Asoke Strip-Woven Cloth

Deep mulberry, vertical cream lines as straight as a hymn board.

This asoke strip-woven cloth is Yoruba, from Nigeria, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is cotton. Cotton has long been a principal fiber for Yoruba weaving, and the strips are often patterned with stripes, checks and areas of colored supplementary thread. Tall rectangle of dark purple-red cloth carrying evenly spaced cream pinstripes from top to bottom, grouped in sets of two and three. A few loose threads hang from the upper edge and the fabric hangs flat. It is 82 inches wide and 59 long.

Plain stripes done with great discipline.