Strip-woven cotton cloth from the Igbo women’s textile industry in Akwete, Ndoki-Igbo area, mid-20th century. Dimensions: 68 5/8 x 59 in. Yale University Art Gallery. #akwete #cotton#clothing #igbowomen #ndoki #igbo

Akwete cloth, housed at the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia. Traditionally called ḿkpúrū in Igbo, referring to the original raffia-woven fabric across Igboland. This piece reflects a classic Igbo weaving style, distinct from Ikaki bite or George/Jịọjị fabrics. #akwete #ikaki #clothing

The daughter of an Opobo/Bonny (Igbo-Ijo) chief in a wedding dress made from Igbo cloth.

Photograph: Jonathan Adagogo Green.
#opobo #ibani #igbo #akwete

Late 19th-century Igbo vertical broad loom from the women’s weaving industry in Akwete (southern Igbo region, present-day Abia State, Nigeria). 1690 x 1780 x 140 mm.

Housed at the World Museum Liverpool. #weaver #loom #akwete #abiastate

Two women in Akwete cloth attire, circa 1960s, wearing two overlapping cloths.

Credit: Vintage Nigeria. #igbowomen #akwete #cloths

An Igbo woman weaving in a traditional textile workshop, Aba, Nigeria. The cloth features tortoise designs. 1945–1975.

Photo: IWM. #igbowoman #aba #akwete #cloth

Akwete women’s handwoven clothes made from European machine-spun cotton.

Made in Akwete, circa 1928. These are currently housed at the British museum. #akwete

A market scene in Akwete, Abia State, Nigeria, featuring calabashes filled with palm oil and strung with rope. The sellers, Igbo men dressed in traditional cloths, and a European buyer are gathered inside a shelter with a zinc roof.

Photographed by Jonathan A. Green, 1895–1905.
#akwete #abia #igbo

Textile patterns from the Ndoki Igbo women's weaving industry at Akwete, in what is now southern Abia State. National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague.

#igbo #akwete #ndoki