Yoruba Aso Oke Cushions
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About this item
These cushions are made from vintage Yoruba aso oke. The Yoruba are the second largest ethnic group in Nigeria. Aso-Oke is a cloth that is worn on special occasions by the Yoruba, usually for chieftaincy festivals, engagements, naming ceremonies and other important events.
The cloth is woven by men in narrow strips (strip-weave) and the strips are sewn together to make the bigger piece.
The cloths are typically decorated with lace holes and floating supplementary weft stitches. These beige aso oke are called Sanyan and they are woven in cotton and wild silk
from the cocoons of the anaphe moth.
The aso oke has been laundered and i've reinforced the seams of the strips. There are zip fasteners and feather pads
Additional Information
YORUBA239 to 240 (AB-158225)
W: 24" (61 cm)H: 16" (40.6 cm)
Mid 20th Century
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