Living knowledge · Traceable evidence
Yorùbá Cultural Heritage Digital Archive
Preserving names, recording practice, making the evidence accessible.
Explore Yorùbá cultural heritage through carefully attributed records. Begin with gèlè, then follow the sources, uncertainties and people behind the knowledge.
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Gèlè: Yorùbá head ties, artistry and cultural memory
Gèlè is documented in Yorùbá dress and museum collections. This entry explores its creative practice, dated evidence and the care needed when comparing it with Igbo ichafu.
Read the entry →Dress & textilesAso oke: woven cloth and changing materials
An introduction to Yorùbá woven textiles through a museum exhibition documenting ceremonial dress, material choices and design innovation.
Read the entry →Dress & textilesAdire: resist dyeing, pattern and authorship
A sourced introduction to Yorùbá resist-dyed cloth, looking closely at one museum-documented Olokun example and its making process.
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3 source-linked entries. Other categories await sourced records.
A growing record
Future entries can bring together textile practice, language, oral traditions, arts, places and living heritage. Each record needs sources, a review history and permission for any contributed media.
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