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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