The Art of West African Stip-Woven Cloth
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
label: Collection Photographer
content: Ashworth, Gavin
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: National Museum of African Art
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
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content: "The Art of West African Strip-Woven Cloth" video and slides
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Videoreel (videoreel (2:25 min.) videoreel (12:25 min.), sd., color, 1 inch)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Produced by Caribiner, Inc., for the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videoreels
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Video of West African textile making produced by Caribiner, Inc. for the National Museum of African Art in 1987. Text accompanying videos for sale reads, "In many areas of West Africa, fabric is woven in long narrow strips. The strips are cut to length and then sewn together to make rectangular cloths with striking geometric. These beautiful cloths are worn as wrappers, shawls, and robes. Originally a slide prentation for an exhibition, the Art of West African Stip-Woven Cloth explores the creative activities of the various artisans involved in textile production: spinners, dyers, weavers, and sewers."