An Unexpected luxury: Wild silk, fiber, yarn and fabric production among the Yoruba of Nigeria.

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An Unexpected luxury: Wild silk, fiber, yarn and fabric production among the Yoruba of Nigeria.

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McKinney, E.A.

Eicher, J.B.

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2005

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International Textiles and Apparel Association

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Mulberry silk produced in China is the type most recognized and used in silk garments. There are at least seven additional silk fiber sources. The Yoruba are a large ethnic group in Nigeria who use native silk that they call sányán from the Anaphe moth asoneof their most prized fiber resources. Throughout colonial and post-colonial history, both Nigerians and others investigated methods for domesticating wild silk production. Yoruba strip cloth, called aso-ôkè includes three main categories: sânyân, etù and atari, each appropriate for persons of high social standing and for important occasions, displaying cultural significance. Cotton becomes used as a substitute for expensive silk yarns, being dyed the traditional color of the silk fabrics. To the Yoruba aesthetic, the purpose of something is more important than its actual form. Even as weavers now produce the traditionally sányán cloths with substitute fibers, the cloth's glory

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Natural fiber production, Nigeria

Silk production, Nigeria

Fabric production, Nigeria

Textiles, Nnigeria

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International Textiles and Apparel Association, Report;62

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McKinney, E. A., & Eicher, J. B. An Unexpected luxury: Wild silk, fiber, yarn and fabric production among the Yoruba of Nigeria. 2005 Proceedings of the International Textiles and Apparel Association, #62, November 106, 2005, Alexandria, Virginia,

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