Large piece of cotton fabric dyed in variou shades of brown, black and small areas of dark blue. Diamond shaped pattern with smallest diamond at the center, lines radiate outwards from center.

Indigo colored resist-dyed cloths are called “Adire,” with “adire eleso” referring to the stitch used to resist coloring during an indigo dye bath. This tightly sewn stitch creates a pattern in the fabric as it resists its coloring. Some thread used to create the stitch includes cotton or thicker raffia strings, often including sewn in pebbles to create chain patterns. Traditionally, women of the Yoruba region of Nigeria both crafted and wore this style.