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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Onibode, Babatunde
• Poynor, Robin

Titel

The Cloth That Eats Money: Ṣeghoṣen as a Symbol of Prestige

Ist Teil von

• African arts, 2023-09, Vol.56 (3), p.20

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles: African Studies Center

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Quelle

International Bibliography of Art (IBA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In August 2019, Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye was installed as Ogunoye III, the 32nd Olọ́wọ̀ of Ọ́wọ̀ and Paramount Ruler of Ọ́wọ̀ Kingdom. Several variations of attire were required over the period of intense ritual activity. Two large cloths called ipanmeta3 (each made of three panels of locally woven, blue-striped fabric) crossed over each other, one tied on the left shoulder, the other on the right. The crossed panels covered an elaborate ensemble of a tunic or gown (ewu egha) over trousers (efa), also crafted from panels of local women's weave in the pattern known as ṣeghoṣen. Historically, almost all cloths of ritual significance are woven by women. It is the ṣeghoṣen cloth used here for the Olọ́wọ̀'s ewu egha and efa that is the focus of this article. The textile has been referred to as senwonsen by Yoruba researchers not attuned to the Ọ́wọ̀ (or Ọ́ghọ̀) language (Akinwunmi 2005; Asakitikpi 2005; Lamb and Holmes 1980).4Ṣeghoṣen is the most admired and the most expensive of cloths produced by women in Ọ́wọ̀.