Joyful Blues: Exhibition checklist
23 adire cloths, 7 contemporary adire garments and textiles, interpretive materials
Adire oniko (1)
Adire alabere and oniko (5)
Adire alabere and oniko, 1975-86
Indigo dye with stitched and tied resist on cotton
74 1/8 x 64.75 in.
HJD19
Adire alabere and oniko, 1975-86
Indigo dye with rolled, stitched and tied resist on printed cotton
74 x 64.75 in.
HJD20
Adire alabere and oniko, 1975-86
Indigo dye with rolled, stitched and tied resist on cotton
74 x 69 in.
HJD21
Adire alabere and oniko, 1975-86
Indigo dye with gathered, hand-stitched and tied resist on cotton (unseamed)
79 x 31 in.
HJD22
Adire alabere and oniko, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-stitched and tied resist on cotton
71.25 x 62.5 in.
HJD23
Adire alabere (5)
Adire alabere, 1975-86
Indigo dye with stitched resist on cotton (three lengths seamed together)
76 x 46.5 in.
HJD14
Adire alabere, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-stitched, folded, and thread-wrapped resist on cotton (24 2.5” lengths seamed together)
76.5 x 57.75 in.
HJD16
Adire alabere, 1975-86
Indigo dye with machine- and hand-stitched resist on cotton
78 x 65.75 in.
HJD15
Adire alabere, 1975-86
Indigo dye with gathered and hand-stitched resist on cotton
76.5 x 68 3/8 in.
HJD17
Adire alabere, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-stitched resist on cotton
75.25 x 61.75 in.
HJD25
Adire eleko, “Ibadan-dun” pattern (3)
Adire eleko, “Ibadan-dun” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted starch resist on cotton
77.25 x 70 in.
HJD1
Adire eleko, “Ibadan-dun” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted starch resist on cotton
77.25 x 69 in.
HJD4
Adire eleko, “Ibadan-dun” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted starch resist on cotton
76 x 70 in.
HJD26
Adire eleko, “Jubilee” cloths (2)
Adire eleko, “Jubilee” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with stenciled starch resist on printed cotton
64.5 x 79.5 in.
HJD2
Adire eleko, “Jubilee” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with stenciled starch resist on cotton
65 x 67.25 in.
HJD24
Adire eleko, other (7)
Adire eleko, “The Snail and the Proverb” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted and stenciled starch resist on printed cotton
71.5 x 61 in.
HJD5
Adire eleko, “Tortoise” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted starch resist on textured cotton
73.75 x 45 in.
HJD7
Adire eleko, “Olokun” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted starch resist on cotton
75.75 x 70 in.
HJD8
Adire eleko, “Leaves” or “Fingers” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted starch resist on cotton
75 7/8 x 67 in.
HJD9
Adire eleko, “A and N” pattern, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted starch resist on cotton
73.75 x 69 in.
HJD13
Adire eleko, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted starch resist on cotton
77.25 x 68 in.
HJD6
Adire eleko, 1975-86
Indigo dye with hand-painted starch resist on cotton
77.75 x 66.75 in.
HJD12
Contemporary objects (6)
Gasali Adeyemo (Nigerian)
Going to Market
Batik (hand-painted wax resist) on cotton
38 x 45 in.
Scott.1
Gasali Adeyemo (Nigerian)
T-shirt
Indigo dye with hand-painted resist on cotton
29.75 x 37 in.
Scott.2
Yomi Tiamayu (Nigerian)
Patchwork Shirt
Indigo dye with various resist techniques on cotton
34.5 x 51.5 in.
Scott.3
Olabode, Joseph (Nigerian)
Dress
Batik (hand-painted wax resist) and machine embroidery on cotton
53 x 47.25
Scott.4
Nike Davis, (Nigerian)
Unity of Women, 2003
Indigo dye with hand-painted wax resist on cotton
50 x 100 in.
Scott.5
Silifatu Suliman Rashidi (Nigerian)
Dress (boubou), ca. 1995
Indigo dye with hand-painted wax resist on polychrome cotton
47.25 x 38.5 in.
Scott.6