Woman’s Wrapper, Bogolanfini
Bamana people, Mali
20th century
Cotton strip weave, 7 strip-woven sections, painting, mud dye
38 x 61.5 ins
Collected in the field by Joseph Knophelmacher, a well-known collector and dealer of African Art, active in New York from circa 1960s-1980s. For related examples see Sarah C. Brett-Smith, The Silence of Women: Bamana Mud Cloths (Milan 2014).
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