Object Details
- Donor Name
- Barbara Hoffman
- The fifth in a series of six cloths (catalog numbers E436265-E436270) showing the steps in the manufacture of mud cloth (bogolanfini). The cloth is made of eight strips each approximately 5 inches wide, whip stitched together. One surface has been decorated with a linear geometric design using a dark purple-brown, fine-grained mud apparently applied with a brush. The cloth has been washed after two coats of mud were applied.
- Record Last Modified
- 20 Dec 2023
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Malian
- Accession Date
- 7 Nov 2019
- Accession Number
- 2083986
- USNM Number
- E436269-0
- Object Type
- Cloth
- Length - Cloth
- 140 cm
- Width - Cloth
- 102 cm
- Place
- Mali, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_14561520
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31e45a1cd-9184-48b0-ad60-1a0b210cd09c
