woman's wrapper; adire

An indigo resist dyed cloth of plain weave cotton; two loom widths of fabric are machine stitched together, side by side, with a sort of flat felled seam utilizing the selvedge edges for finish; body of the cloth is covered with a repeating pattern consisting of a grid with an "X" in the center of each square; a resist pattern of rows of and columns of small circles creates borders at the top and bottom of each half of the cloth; the resisted "grid and X" pattern was created by stitching with what appears to be raffia (or some minimally processed plant fiber) thread-many small fragments remain caught in the sewing holes throughout the cloth; circle motifs in the top and bottom borders were created by tying; the top and bottom edges of the cloth are finished with an ~3 in. wide hem (encompassing the area decorated with circular motifs) that has been turned to the face of the cloth and machine stitched; resist related creases and distortions were present in the cloth when it was hemmed, so the hem incorporates creases and folds and the edge is somewhat ruffle-like.