By Ntagu, Pius Azuka
The attributes of textiles are immense. rn this study,
effort has been made to highlight the attributes of the Tiv
Anger clo~l;li.a nd to explore its potentxia1.s of having wider
impact in contemporary ~i~erian~fashi.on. In doing so other
Nigerian woven c1oth.s in more popular use are looked into
f os posni.1)l.e nol.u.t;ion~ of :i.mprovinp; tho cpn3 'i .by of: .tho
Anger cloth and. saving i-b from possible exkinc-bion -through
the pressure of industrialization, and modern changes in
fashion taste.
The study focuses on the double heddle narrow band
traditional weaving of the Anger cloth with two objectives:
first, attempts towards its modification for wider accepta-
bility and secondly, to incorporate some attributes of more
popular Nigerian handwoven cloths into the Anger for
enhanced quality and aesthetics of the material.
The work is in six chapters. Chapter one is the
introduction. Chapter two reviews available literature
on Nigerian woven cloth to back up the later findings.
Chapter three deals with the relevance and implications
of the Anger cloth. It further looked at what motivates
people's choice of clothing. Chapter four deals with
methodological approach to the study, illustration of
design concepts and the analysis of the design experiments.