Nupe
Textile
Nupe, 1933-1999
Scroll
Nupe
Textile
Nupe, 1933-1999
Physical Qualities
Cotton (handspun), 66 1/2 × 49 in. (168.9 × 124.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Diana Scheinberg Stanley, Reisterstown, Maryland, in Memory of Alfred L. Scheinberg
Object Number
1994.99
Strip-woven, designs in gray, brown and red: quadrupeds (camels?), horizontal and vertical zig-zags, rhombuses, etc. Two broad strip-woven strips sewn together, with supplementary weft float designs in gray, brown and red (from top to bottom); step-frets, quadrupeds (camels?), rhombuses, horizontal zig-zags & crocodiles, checkerboard rectangles, and vertical zig-zags.
Alfred Scheinberg, NY (brother of donor)
