Ivory Coast | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 3 objects from this country

A woman's ceremonial skirt in tubular form made from woven raffia. Patterned by tied resist dying in ocher, red, and dark brown. The main body has four rows of red and ochre lozenges, there is an open-work section in the upper quarter. The upper edge is finished with an edging, and the bottom with a knotted fringe.

Skirt (Ivory Coast), late 19th–early 20th century
raffia.
Museum purchase through gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs.....
1990-133-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Panel formed of eleven narrow strips, each 3 3/4 inches wide, sewn together. Each strip is patterned by a 17 inch section of narrow blue and white stripes alternating with an equal length section of a wide blue stripes, decorated with small geometric brocaded shapes in bright colors. The strips are sewn together so that the whiter and darker areas form a checkerboard. Red stripe along one long edge. Warp fringed at both ends.

Wrapper (Ivory Coast), mid-20th century
cotton, rayon.
Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund.
1979-23-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Panel composed of eight strips sewn side-to-side. An overall checkerboard pattern of deep blue and white is accented with multicolored horizontal stripes and supplementary weft patterns.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.