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A Yoruba woman weaves native cloth on a traditional hand-loom. The cloth was woven from locally-grown cotton and dyed by local methods.
Before the Second World War, production was steadily declining due to cheap imports from Europe and elsewhere, but wartime restrictions led to a revival in the local product.
South West Nigeria
March 1945.
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