Bogolanfini, cotton cloth patterned with painted repeated geometric designs using iron-rich mud pigment.

Collection type: Object
Description: Bogolanfini, cotton cloth patterned with painted repeated geometric designs using iron-rich mud pigment.
Geographical reference: Mali
Africa > Western Africa > Mali
Person: Maker Gneli Traoré; Field collector Jane Wagner; PRM source Jane Wagner
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1974
Date collected: Between 1970 - 1974
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1974
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Earth, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Painted, Process Dyed, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length 1640 mm, Width 940 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1974.23.5
Research and responses: Accession Book Entry : 1974.23.3 - W. AFRICA, MALI. Length of mud painted cloth - Bogolanfini. The mud is left to 'age' for some months until it is a dark grey colour; it is then painted onto the yellowed cloth (similar to 1974.23.2) using a piece of bamboo and a metal spatula. This cloth consists of 9 long, narrow strips stitched along edges and painted with continuous bands of chevrons and linear decoration which gives a blocked effect. The name of the design appears to be Mali. [MOB 1/11/2000]

Search terms: Textile, Specimen

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