£175
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History | 639
Auction: 5 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
hand-spun cotton with an elaborate threaded pattern (2)
Provenance:
The Keir McGuinness Collection of African Textiles
Literature:
Cf. Clarke, D. 2015. African Textiles, London: Prestel Publishing. p. 154.
Note:
"Voluminous trousers that used unnecessarily large amounts of cloth were a display of conspicuous wealth for Hausa and Yoruba chiefs and kings."
Clarke, D., 2015. African Textiles.