Riga (Ceremonial Robe)
Object type: Robe
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Artist: Amadou Ahejo, Kano, Nigeria
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Nigerian
Date: ca. 1941
Medium: Cotton, tsamiya silk
Dimensions: H. 102 x W. 55 in. (259.1 x 139.7 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Geography:     Nigeria  
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979