1. Textiles and the Decorative Arts Characteristics: Made from cotton, animal and grass fibers. Woven cloth made on narrow and horizontal looms. Motifs and patterns of cloth produced by a variety of techniques: such as resist dyeing, tie dyeing, weaving, and direct painting on the fabric. Cloth indicates status, personal and group identity, as well as the wearer’s occupation. Often done to beautify, complement, and enhance the body. Cloth is the fabric of immortality— “Cloth does not die, only wears to shreds” “It is cloth we should greet before greeting the wearer”

2. Ibadan Dun—Ibadan is Sweet, Pleasurable, Enjoyable Indigo dyed fabric, Yoruba 20 th century

3. Woman painting designs With feather and cassava starch

4. Woman displays completely Dried stenciled patterns

5. The dying stage

6. Third stage of the dying process

7. The final product

8. Bogolanfini Artist Bamana Peoples, Mali Mud cloth 20 th century

9. Bogolanfini—Mud cloth, Bamana Peoples Mali, 20 th century

10. Bogolanfini—mud cloth, Bamana Peoples, Mali, cotton and natural dyes 20 th century

11. Bogolanfini—Mud cloth, Bamana Peoples, Mali, cotton, natural pigments 20 th century

12. Adinkra, Akan, Ghana Cotton, pigments 20 th century

13. Berber Blanket, wool and natural pigments, Morocco, 20 th century

14. Berber Textile, Hand woven wool, with natural pigments 20 th century

15. Fon applique, Fon Peoples, Benin Republic Cotton, 20 th century

16. Funerary Cloth, Ibibio, Nigeria Cotton, 20 th century

17. Warriors in Quilted Cloth Armor, Djerma (Hausa) Peoples, Niger, 20 th century

18. Woman weaving at the Vertical Loom

19. Weaving on the Narrow loom, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria 20 th century

20. Hand woven fabric Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria Cotton, silk 20 th century

21. Dandogo, Yoruba, Nigeria Cotton, natural dyes 20 th century

22. Dancer in Dandogo, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, 20 th century

23. Kente, Akan Peoples, Ghana/Ivory Coast Cotton, silk 20 th century

24. Kuba cloth, Kuba Peoples, Congo, raffia and natural pigments, 20 th century

26. Ruler in Kente, Akan Peoples, Ghana Cotton, gold, leather 20 th century

27. Orangun of Ila, (Ruler of Ila) Yoruba, Nigeria Cotton, beads, leather 20 th century

28. Hausa Royalty, Hausa, Nigeria Cotton, velvet 20 th century

29. Titled Chief in front of Nsibidi cloth Note the feathers in cap, Leopard teeth necklace and the elephant Tusk in his hand

30. Ekpe members in procession wearing the Ukara cloth, Igbo Nigeria

31. Kalabari Ijaw, Funerary Textile Display in the Jelly Fish Pattern, Buguma, Nigeria

32. Egungun costume on display at the Studio Museum, New York Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria. Cotton, leather, metal, cowries, 20 th century

33. Egungun Performance, Yoruba, Nigeria

34. Ijele Masquerade, Igbo, Nigeria Cotton, wood, plastics, leather 20 th century

35. Elephant masks in performance, Cameroon

36. Ejisuhene Nana Diko Pim III, Wearing the great Warrior shirt And Hat with amulets, Akan Peoples, Ghana Cotton, leather, metal, horns and cowries 20 th century

37. Ruler’s beaded shirt, Yoruba, Nigeria Beads, cotton 20 th century

38. Sango Priests in a ritual dance, Yoruba, Nigeria, cotton, leather, cowries 20 th century