Kirdi Cache-Sexe with Intricately Woven Cotton

Well-used Kirdi cache-sexe/apron featuring intricately woven, indigenously homespun cotton. The cotton shows evidence of use with some breakage and oxidation. From the estate of a missionary working in northeast Nigeria, 1970s. Kirdi is a term applied to multiple ethnic groups in the northwest Cameroon and northeast Nigeria region. The term refers to non-Muslim regional peoples, including the following: Bata, Fali, Fata, Gemjek, Guidar, Giziga, Hurza, Kapsiki, Mada, Mafa, Massa, Matakam, Mofou, Mora, Mousgoum, Muyang, Ouldeme, Podoko, Toupouri, Vame and Zulgo.