Skirt

72-31-1A

From: Mali

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 72-31-1A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Dogon
Provenience Mali
Section African
Materials Cotton | Cowrie
Description

Used for funeral ceremonies, also for the 7 and 60 years festivals. Made of faded indigo dyed cotton cloth embroidered with cowrie shells. Skirt. Rectangular, separated into 7 fringed strips at bottom. Top part, 2 bands of vertically arranged shells bordered and separated by 3 bands of horizontally arranged shells. Bottom strips bordered on each side by 2 rows of vertically arranged shells. Some have zig-zag of shells down the center.

Length 0.835 cm
Width 0.071 cm
Credit Line Purchased from George D. Rodrigues, 1972

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