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ID: 300264265
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300264265

 

Record Type: concept
Popo cloth (<textile materials by weaving technique>, <textile materials by process or technique>, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: African textile material of Ewe origin but adapted and varied by other peoples, woven on a loom in narrow strips to produce strong patterns. A popular cloth, it is traded all around the Niger Delta region.
 
Terms:
Popo cloth (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
popo (cloth) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Popo-doek (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
Popo (textil) (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by form>
............ <materials by form> (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by physical form>
................ <materials by physical form> (G)
Hierarchy of <fiber and fiber by product>
.................... <fiber and fiber by product> (G)
Hierarchy of <fiber by product>
........................ <fiber by product> (G)
Hierarchy of textile materials
............................ textile materials (G)
Hierarchy of <textile materials by process or technique>
................................ <textile materials by process or technique> (G)
Hierarchy of <textile materials by weaving technique>
.................................... <textile materials by weaving technique> (G)
Hierarchy of Popo cloth
........................................ Popo cloth (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Afrikaans textiel van Ewe-oorsprong, later aangepast en in variaties geproduceerd door andere volkeren, dat in smalle stroken op een spinnewiel wordt geweven, waardoor krachtige patronen ontstaan. Dit populaire textiel wordt overal rond de Niger-delta verhandeld. 
Spanish ..... Material textil africano de origen Ewe pero adaptado y modificado por otros pueblos, que ha sido tejido en un telar en piezas angostas para producir diseños muy contrastados. Ropa popular, es comercializada en torno a toda la región del delta del Níger.  

Sources and Contributors:
popo (cloth)............  [VP]
.......................  Cole, Igbo Arts (1984) 59 illus. at plate 9
Popo (textil)............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
..........................  TAA database (2000-)
Popo cloth............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  African Arts (1967-) Aronson. "Popo weaving: the dynamics of trade in southeastern Nigeria." XV, 3, 43 May 1982 illus.
.......................  Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term -- AFRART -- 06/19/2001
.......................  History, Design, and Craft (1992) 31 illus fig. 7
Popo-doek............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
....................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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