Nigerian Textiles

#	Craft	Primary Material	Historical Context	Location (State)	Geopolitical Zone
1	Aṣọ-Òkè (Yoruba handwoven cloth)	Cotton (often with silk/lurex accents in modern variants)	Long-standing ceremonial and prestige cloth tradition; major production hub historically associated with Iseyin and wider Yoruba cloth-weaving centres.	Oyo	South West
2	Adire (Yoruba indigo resist-dyed cloth)	Cotton + natural indigo (traditionally); imported shirting cotton became common in the 20th c.	Major women-led textile craft; especially associated with Egba producers and the Abeokuta/Ibadan/Osogbo market networks.	Ogun	South West
3	Akwete cloth (Igbo women’s weaving)	Cotton; raffia; sisal/hemp (varies by product)	Named for Akwete (Ndoki); a recognised Igbo weaving tradition with distinctive motifs and a long local production history.	Abia	South East
4	Okene / Ebira cloth (Itinochi/Ita)	Cotton and/or rayon yarn (varies)	Ebira domestic weaving tradition centred around Okene as a historic trading hub for the cloth.	Kogi	North Central
5	Tiv A’nger textile	Cotton yarn (black/white strip-woven cloth)	Iconic Tiv handwoven textile strongly tied to cultural identity and ceremonial dress.	Benue	North Central
6	Kofar Mata indigo dyeing (Kano dye pits)	Cotton cloth + indigo dye	One of the best-documented long-running dyeing centres in Northern Nigeria; widely cited as operating since the late 15th century.	Kano	North West
7	Hausa hand-embroidery (garment embroidery tradition)	Cotton cloth + embroidery thread (cotton/silk)	Long-established Northern Nigerian decorative needlework used on garments; practiced in major urban craft centres (notably Kano).	Kano	North West