Abayah
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile
Place of origin
Ghana
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349205
Summary
Wrapper; Abayah - An abayah (wrapper) from Ghana made from tabby weave cotton with narrow warp stripes and blocks of colour in the weft. It is indigo, red, lemon and white. Probably narrow strip weaving as done by men. (male)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade