About this artwork
The women who create these mud-dyed bògòlanfini cloths follow a complicated and time-consuming process. First, they wash and beat the plain-woven cloth several times to soften it, then stain it with a mustard-yellow color to enhance the rich, dark brown-black of the final product. They next apply several layers of a fermented mud solution using a small iron spatula or bamboo stick to mark out the overall design. Finally, they retrace the lighter areas in the patterns with a whitening substance to create contrast. This wrapper features a standard traditional composition divided into five sections.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 137
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- Jege Coulibaly (Designer)
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Culture
- Bamana
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Title
- Married Woman's Bògòlanfini Wrapper, Bogolanfini (Basiae Ba)
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Places
- Mali (Object made in), Africa (Object made in), Koulikoro, Région de (Object made in), Beledougou (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1988
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Medium
- Cotton, eight narrow strips of plain weave; pieced; resist painted and printed
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Dimensions
- 134.6 × 95.3 cm (53 × 37 1/2 in.); Approximate strip: W.: 11.9 cm (4 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society
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Reference Number
- 1989.547
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