Man’s Robe (agbada)

Culture: Yoruba artists
Date: late 19th century
Material: Silk (alaari), cotton
collected or acquired in: Ondo, Ondo state, Nigeria, Africa
possibly made in: Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria, Africa
Classification: Costume & clothing, textiles
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 49 × 92 in. (124.5 × 233.7 cm)
Credit Line: Funds given in memory of Pauline E. Ashton
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 12:2023

2021 - 2023
Duncan Clarke (Adire African Textiles), London, United Kingdom, collected in Ondo, Nigeria [1]

2023 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Duncan Clarke, London, United Kingdom [2]

Notes:
[1] In an email to Nichole Bridges on October 19, 2022, Duncan Clarke stated the robe was "collected in Ondo, Nigeria, 2021" [SLAM document files].

[2] Invoice dated March 23, 2023 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 27, 2023.

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