Eyepe and Alangba

Adire Yoruba textile called "Eyepe" meaning All the Birds Are Here and "Alangba" meaning Lizards. Made on a manufactured cotton cloth which is hand-painted with multiple patterned squares using cassava starch. After drying, it is dyed with indigo in above-ground dye pots. The more times the cloth is dipped in indigo, the darker the background and the more vivid the pattern. The pattern is revealed after the cassava starch is beaten off the dried-out cloth. Patterns on this textile include birds, and lizards (crocodiles and chameleons) interspersed with geometrics.