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Senufo, Keita, and others

Decorative Cloth

Senufo, Korhogo, 1966

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Decorative Cloth

Senufo, Korhogo, 1966

Physical Qualities Cotton, mud dye, 14 3/8 × 63 in. (36.5 × 160 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number 1993.196
Strip-woven undyed cotton cloth with painted designs representing two birds, an elephant, a quatrefoil, and a horned quadruped
Polakoff, Claire, African textiles and dyeing techniques, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982, pp 155-185.

Culture

Senufo

2000–2000

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Artist/Maker

Keita

2000–2000

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Culture

Korhogo

2000–2000

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