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Aso-oke
Aso-oke is a handwoven cloth associated with the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria and neighboring areas of West Africa. It is produced in narrow strips that are sewn together to form larger garments, using cotton, silk, metallic thread, or combinations of fibers. Different forms are worn as wrappers, gowns, head ties, caps, and shoulder cloths, especially for weddings, festivals, chieftaincy...
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Ikat
Ikat is a resist-dyeing and weaving method in which bundles of warp yarns, weft yarns, or both are bound and dyed before the cloth is woven. Careful alignment during weaving forms motifs, while small shifts between dyed yarns often produce the technique’s characteristic feathered or blurred edges. Distinct ikat traditions developed in regions including Central and Southeast Asia, India, Japan, and...
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