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Bowman riding a horse both set on a hollowed spherical support. Radio carbon dated to 945-1235 A.D.

Equestrian figure, about 1450

Djenne

G250

quadruped animal form with four short, stubby legs; rounded body with sloping back; small, stubby tail; rounded head with opening roughly at mouth area; extremely heavy encrustations overall, with deep and heavy crackle throughout; brown, earth-colored, with a darker brown round area on PR side of head and in several areas on front legs and feet

Kono altar, second quarter of 20th century

Bamana

G250

two friends dressed in three-pocket bush suits with pith helmets imitating the actor Eddy Constantine; both men stand with one foot on a small table leaning on their knee

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Untitled (two friends dressed in three-pocket bush suits), c. 1957-1960

Seydou KeĂŻta

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Round bodied vessel with short, slightly tapered neck and flaring mouth; neck decorated with three pairs of tan and light brown stripes, brown stripe with tan diagonal lines and large tan stripe under mouth

Pot, Date Unknown

Djenne

G236

oval board with horizontal lines of script on each side; grid on each side with characters in boxes; mounted to black base

Qur'anic writing board, mid 20th century

Mali

G255

abstract animal shape; four legs; lozenge-shaped body; long horns and long pointed ears; one cowrie shell hanging from element on animal's forehead; maroon thread tassels at ends of ears; black patina; attached to dark wood base

Tyiwara headcrest, first half of 20th century

Bamana

G250

standing male figure playing a small xylophone-like instrument held at his stomach; man's hair styled in rows of braids; man wears a necklace or collar; small facial features

Male figure, 17th-18th century

Dogon

G254

four pairs of nude caryatid figures with upraised arms and bent knees, supporting thick seat; figures have tall hairstyles and large bellies; vertical support column at center; thick base; dark finish

Stool, 16th-17th century

Dogon

G250

Standing female figure. Linear markings on body, scarification on face. Elongated neck. Cloth loin cloth.

Figure, late 19th-early 20th century

Bamana

G250

resist-dyed; brown and natural geometric designs; pompon tassles from neck and from under one sleeve; (Nenendono design)

Tunic, 20th century

Tenenkou Traore

G236

tan and black/brown; 20 strips of tan fabric with three stripes of black/brown lengthwise; center stripe wide, side stripes narrower; three wide sections of horizontal geometric pattern and four additional sets of three horizontal stripes; final two strips of fabric do not have complete design; fringed at both ends

Woman's wrapper, 20th century

Dogon

G236

woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African (Mali) XXc stored in box; stored w/ 85.125.1,5,11 narrow band handwoven, indigo dyed; Name: Kaai - beautiful

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Dogon

G236

black eight paneled shirt with abstract design in metallic (aluminum) pieces; fringe with metallic trim in middle of chest; braided fringe 'net' with metallic pieces across bottom half of back; braided fringe with tassles at sleeve edges and at bottom side edges; side pockets below sleeve openings; vee neckline; short fringe at bottom edge; breast pocket on left side

Tunic, 20th century

Dogon

G236

cotton panel with various shades and sizes of blue and white stripes; light blue thread connects 13 strips of fabric together to create panel; two ends are hemmed with blue thread

Wrapper, 20th century

Dogon

G236

Seated Figure

Seated Figure, c. 1200-1400

Djenne

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Rounded body with round bottom; slightly sloping shoulder; long thin neck, very slightly flaring at mouth; red body with geometric decorations of lines and triangles on shoulder in tan and grey

Pot, Date Unknown

Djenne

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Small cup with slight flare near base; red body with decorations around mouth incised lines and hatched designs in brown and tan

Cup, Date Unknown

Djenne

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metal blade, carved wooden handle with squatting female figure, leather sheath, tooled with vertical zig-zags on one side, looped leather strap on other side, plain leather tip with traces of animal hair on one side

Dagger with Sheath, 19th-20th century

Dogon

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7 individual strips, 5-3/8 in. wide

Mud cloth, 20th century

Mali

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six strips stitched together with a narrow tan, white, brown and yellow patterned band at center; cream, dark brown and tan with touches of yellow; various patterned and plain bands with patterned bans at center with a variety of diamond and triangle motifs; some twisted tassels at short sides

Blanket, second half of 20th century

Fulani

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khaki colored shirt with black hand painted circles simulating leopard spots; large bag-shaped pouch on front of shirt; chest high band across front with signature (by owner): "Kelarikulubali Kabara"; "yeniye" written under last part of signature; medium length sleeves with painted black bands at bottom; open fabric band on PL shoulder on back

Hunter's shirt, 20th century

Mali

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brown shirt; coarse fabric; short sleeves; sides opening from sleeve seam to approximately 6 1/2 " down; dreadlocks with rectangular leather covered objects attached; five horn (tusk-like) objects and 1 mirror also attached on one side; four tusk-like objects and 2 mirrors on the other side; 2 rows of shells around neckline; 3 rows of 4 shells at center front; 3 rows 4, 5 and 6 shells respectively at center back

Hunter shirt, Date Unknown

Mali

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light brown, nine paneled mud cloth skirt with dark brown striped design and abstract borders; short light brown fringe

Mud cloth skirt, Date Unknown

Mali

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black and white textile decorated with geometric patterns including zig zags, creases, and diamonds; large pocket located at center of torso; shirt is completely open at sides; fringe along bottom edge

Mud cloth hunter shirt, c. 1990

Mali

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tan and black textile decorated with stripes and rows of squares; constructed of seven long strips; stripes of textile run parallel to the longer edge of textile

Mud cloth skirt, 1900-1999

Bamana

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standing stylized figure with geometric features; resinous coating; nailhead eyes; hands on abdomen, knees slightly bent

Figure, 20th century

Bamana

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long, thin face with open rectangular mouth; 4-sided eyes; human nose; vertical horns; dark patina

Kore Society Mask, Date Unknown

Bamana

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woman sitting on her knees with her head thrown back; woman has very long extended tongue; small leopard biting woman's tongue and neck

Figure of a woman being bitten by a leopard, Date Unknown

Djenne

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top part is hand-sewn; 6" horizontal bands with faced neck opening; sleeve part is 14" wider than lower part; lower part has 5" hand-sewn vertical bands; tan fabric sewn together and then dyed in dark brown spatter pattern; open 5" seam (with lining) makes pocket at top of PR elbow; PR reverse has sewn patch with "S85-72A, (FULANI)"

Man's Shirt (Poncho), 20th century

Fulani

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rust plain weave; narrow 5" bands hand laced together; horizontal sleeve bands, 19-1/2", each side; round head opening; front slit, 4" male opening; sleeves and lower edge hand-hemmed; head and male openings lined

Man's Shirt (Poncho), 20th century

Fulani

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gold coarse plain weave cotton woven in 5-1/4" narrow bands hand-sewn together; open narrow square neckline with PL pocket; open side edges; very wide; neckline is lined; hand hemmed

Man's Shirt (Poncho), 20th century

Fulani

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gold coarse plain weave cotton; woven in 5-1/4" narrow bands, pieced together; uneven dye; very wide; hand sewn (laced) and hemmed

Pair of Man's Pants, 20th century

Fulani

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African woman reclining on a rug holding seated baby

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Untitled, c. 1952 (printed 2001)

Seydou KeĂŻta

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woman lying on a rug with child seated on a pillow in front of her; she is wearing a turban, large earrings and a circular patterned dress. A young mother with her baby. She is wearing a taffeta headscarf, called a karton, because it is held up by a piece of cardboard. She also has a collection of gold rings called "waterfalls" (dyi suuru) on her right braid and a loose dress. . .

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Untitled (a young mother with her baby), c. 1960-1964

Seydou KeĂŻta

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Round body with rounded bottom; tapering to a narrow, long neck which flares out at the mouth; red body with six incised lines around mouth and two incised lines around shoulder flanking a zigzagged band in brown and tan

Vessel, about 14th century

Djenne

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Tunic, 20th century

Djege Coulibaly

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resist-dyed; Nansogo Kan design; natural and brown overall cross motifs with one border of squares and one border of parallel zigzagged lines

Mud Cloth, 1980s

Noyouro Tradere

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stylized figure seated on the back of a stylized horse; figure has outstretched arms

Horse and Rider, early 20th century

Bamana or Dogon

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Mud cloth skirt, Stripe pattern alternating between 3 row solid stripe group and solid-dash-solid group

Skirt, 20th century

Bamana

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indigo block-resist patterning on sheeting cloth.

Block Print Panel, 20th century

Mali

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10 individual strips, 5-½ in. wide, lengths varying slightly, machine zigzag stitched together

Wrapper, 20th century

Djege Coulibaly

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Snake and lizard design band upper half of body; rib and wave patterning around neck

Storage Jar, 20th century

Djege Coulibaly

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four panels, each with five spirals inside; circular protrusion separating panels; openwork band above and below each panel

Bracelet, 14th-16th century

Djenne

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mudcloth skirt; design: Saa ni kili (body of the serpent coiled around her eggs.)

Skirt for a Married Woman, 1985

Djege Coulibaly

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large man seated and dressed in a loose boubou, a white smock (forokoni) and a black fez, holding his daughter on his left leg. Dressed in a loose boubou, a white smock (forokoni), and a black fez, this wonderful giant known to everyone in Bamako is proud of his lovely daughter.

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Dressed in a loose boubou, a white smock (forokoni), and a black fez, this wonderful giant known to everyone in Bamako is proud of his lovely daughter., c. 1949-1952 (printed 1998)

Seydou KeĂŻta

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two female friends seated and dressed in loose 'grand Dakar' dresses, one in a flower print and the other with large white spots within banding Two friends dressed in loose "grand Dakar" dresses, one in a flower print, and the other with large white spots known as "petites pièces d'un franc" (tama-tama ni).

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Untitled (two female friends seated), 1921-1988

Seydou KeĂŻta

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mud cloth panel; serpent-egg pattern; Surface ornamentation (Dyed)

Woman's skirt, 20th century

Bamana

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Bush Cow Mask, early 20th century

Djege Coulibaly

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cotton, strip-woven dyed red from bark of Gollobe tree; red color represents blood and a particular cow (nage woderu); shirt worn by wealthy Fulani on important feast days; stored w/86.100.18,.20,.28,.29

Man's Shirt (Saya Woloru Woderu), 20th century

Fulani

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Stylized sheep with flat head, curling horns, thin body and long tail

Ram, early 20th century

Dogon

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mudcloth shirt; designs: Tieblinke kun and Dongangolo

Young Man's Shirt (dloki), 20th century

Nakunte Diarra

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woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African XXc stored in box; stored with 85.125.6,7,8,11 Name of Cloth: Tingoun Sarkoudiou-southern straight lines. This heavier cloth is more expensive than the thinner variety. It comes from the Bankass region in the south and is preferred by them. Any woman can wear it.

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Dogon

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Arkila Kereka, traditional mosquito net bed cloth, wool and cotton with tassels, Mali; stored in box; S85-97; woven for bride's trousseau; hung horizontally and 10-15 people may sleep underneath

Mosquito net (Arkila kerka), 20th century

Fulani

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mudcloth skirt; design in central panel: Saa ni kili

Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century

Guancho Diarra from village of Kolokani

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mudcloth shirt; designs: Mari (crocodile), Dongangolo, and Fou or nothing

Young Man's Shirt, 20th century

Sofen Diarra

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woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African XXc stored in box; dims 60-1/4 x 44-1/2';stored with 85.125.4,6,8,11 Name of Cloth: Alalenou or the person who wore this first. Design by Aisseta Napo, a dyer. Can be worn by any woman.

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Design invented by Aisseta Napo

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woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African XXc stored in box; dims 60 x 40-1/2'; * .11 is also listed in another box;might be .13 Name of Cloth: Alalenou or "the person who wore this first". Wide spacing of the designs is due to fatigue on the part of the dyer. Border design: Igiya Goro-yne. Design represents a husband who should love all of his wives equally. Can be worn by any woman.

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Dogon

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woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African XXc stored in box; dims 65 x 45'; stored with 85.125.3,10,12 Name of Cloth: Ina dougoua or "my mother has dressed me." Cloth of this design is bought for a daughter when she marries. Border Design: Songonnon Demou or "something which is sewn up."

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Dogon

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man's coverlet, wool, African (Mali-Fulani), stored in box; 'Simmons African'; (stored with 86.100.39); called "Ladaka," S85-89; designs: Bicirgal and Take Boje dow serra bodejo

Man's blanket (Landaka khasa), 20th century

Fulani

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mudcloth skirt; design: Mari or crocodile with koni or key pattern.

Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century

Nansun Coulibaly

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mudcloth shirt; designs: Dongangolo or drum and Sa djeni or little white snake

Young Man's Shirt, 20th century

Djotene Tarawale

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mudcloth skirt; design type: Mari or mari dunan (crocodile)

Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century

Djowari Suko

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mudcloth skirt; designs: Carree and Tieblinke kun

Woman' skirt, 20th century

Djotene Tarawale

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man's coverlet (Kasa Bounawa), wool, mushroom dye, African (Mali) stored in box; 'Simmons African'; (stored with 86.100.40) S85-92.; gray dye from mushroom (Domdi); used by men daily for either wear (over left shoulder) or as a blanket; gray color thought to resemble natural color of bush

Man's Coverlet, 20th century

Fulani

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blanket, cotton, African (Mali), stored in box; 'Simmons African'; stored w/ 86.100.4; checkerboard of red, yellow, green, black and white squares

Blanket, 20th century

Gao

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woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African (Mali) stored in box; stored w/ 85.125.2,5,11 Name: Gala Pere, meaning simple indigo. Designs: nonsirikokohou (fingernails): sarkoudiou guire tanou (three pairs of straight lines side by side) Combination of these two designs is considered very beautiful by the Dogon near Bankass. A newly married woman would wear this wrapper. She would also wear it after she had born a second child and joined her husband's family.

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Dogon

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woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African XXc stored in box; dims 49-1/2 x 29'; stored w/ 85.125.3,9,12 Narrowband, handwoven, indigo dyed. Name of Cloth: Sarkousou or straight line. Supposedly fashionable as a design before the coming of white people. Size suggests a wrapper for a young child.

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Dogon

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woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African XXc stored in box; dims 59 x 40'; stored with 85.125.4,7,8,11 Name of cloth: Gala or indigo. Friges added after weaving to prevent unravelling and to enhance its appeal. Worn by young women.

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Dogon

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woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African, stored in box; stored w/ 85.125.1,2,11 Narrow band, handwoven, indigo dyed. Name of Cloth: I Souni. A husband buys this cloth for his wife after she has given birth.

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Dogon

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coverlet, cotton, dye; stored in box; dims 104 x 51-1/4'; stored with 86.100.25,32; S85-87; stripwoven commerical indigo dyed; coverlet for a bride; name means "patience"

Coverlet for a Bride (Mounyere), 20th century

Fulani

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Aly Kassogue (maker), shirt, cotton, dye, African; stored in box; (Simmons); stored w/86.100.6ab,27; dye from sa, a wild grape plant; dye called Sa djoi; shirt worn for hunt and hunting rituals

Hunter's Shirt (Danon Argoi), 20th century

Aly Kassogue

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man's shirt, cotton, dye, mud, (habu), wolo dye and mud, stripwoven African (Mali) stored in box; (Simmons); stored w/86.100.18,.20,.28,.31; open sides and sleeves, cloth imitates spotted coat of special cow; shirt worn for feast days and ceremonies

Man's Shirt (Woloru Nyawru), 20th century

Bamana

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man's overshirt, wool, African (Mali); stored in box; 'Simmons African'; stored with 86.100.5,.7,.38 sleeveless long tunic, garment worn everday by ordinary Fulani

Man's Overshirt, 20th century

Fulani

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woman's skirt length, cotton, indigo dye, African XXc (63-1/2 x 39-1/2') *another box of textiles in T22, Bin 2 up lists 85.125.11; one might be .13 Name of Cloth: Serede Sarkoudiou-a cloth with a line that goes straight ahead. Usually worn by old women.

Woman's Skirt Length, 20th century

Dogon

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man's shirt, cotton, dye, African (Mali); stored in box; (Simmons); dims 46-1/2 x 51-1/2'; stored w/86.100.22,.33,.34,.35 shirt worn on important occasions by a man of average wealth; collected by Dr. Sarah Brett-Smith in Mali, 1985

Man's Shirt (Saya wolo), 20th century

Fulani

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man's pants, cotton, dye, mud, African (Mali); stored in box; (Simmons); stored w/86.100.18,.20,.29,.31; color imitates spotted coat of a special cow; worn for feast days and ceremonies

Man's Pants (Woloru Nyawru), 20th century

Fulani

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man's coverlet, wool and cotton with tassels (Bouki serra), African XXc stored in box; dims 76 x 35'; stored with 86.100.24,25 Name: Sakhalare. Used for great festivities and market days. Worn folded over left shoulder. S85-94.

Man's Coverlet (Sakhalare), 20th century

Fulani

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mudcloth skirt; patterns: Carree and Tieblinke kun

Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century

Koniba Diarra from village of Kolokani

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mudcloth skirt; Fuag Feere or public square design in this cloth is typical of village of Nerekoro

Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century

Djege Coulibaly

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mudcloth skirt; design name: Samory ni toubabou keleyouro Woywayando da la - the battlefield at the edge of Woywayanko where Samory and the white man fought

Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century

Bacho Tarawale

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mudcloth skirt; designs: Tieblinke kun and carree

Child's Skirt, 20th century

Nakun Diarra

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mudcloth skirt; cloth type: Cheli dju

Skirt for a Married Woman, 20th century

Mama Tarawale

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resist-dyed; Wele design: striped pattern of groups of two or three solid stripes, with one variation of two dashed stripes enclosed by two solid stripes; one lone edge is printed with a row of triangles.; natural and brown stripes; collected Dec.12,1986; made by Nampere

Woman's skirt, 1980s

Nampere

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resist-dyed; Nansogo Kan design; natural and brown; overall cross motifs; borders of zigzag and connecting diamonds

Mud cloth, 1980s

Deoume Diarisso

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resist-dyed; Nenekono design; umber and brown stripes, pattern of dot filled squares in center

Panel, 1980s

Malado Diarra

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resist-dyed; natural brown ground; sleeve seams are not sewn together

Jacket - Vest, 20th century

Bamana

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resist-dyed; natural and brown overall geometric motifs

Jacket, 1980s

Bamana

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two elongated figures kneeling with hands to ears, elbow reach down to thighs at finial; two circular balls and two rings at upper center

Hairpin, 20th century

Dogon

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mud cloth; large bands at short ends square center with stripes at longer sides; overall patterning of circles, plus signs, and wavy lines within diamonds; eight panels

Woman's skirt, 1985

Bamana

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nine panels; beige field with alternating checkerboard pattern of lattice design and open triangle and lattice designs; checkerboard break down at one side. Surface ornamentation (Dyed)

Woman's Skirt, 20th century

Bamana

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mud cloth; beige field with ink splotch design overall; two finished edges; large and smaller panel joined

Panel, 20th century

Bamana

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plain weave, indigo and white; stripes and patterns; white fringe at each end

Blanket, 1985

Djege Coulibaly

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Mudcloth skirt; striped pattern of groups of two or three solid stripes

Mudcloth skirt, 20th century

Bamana

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shawl or head cloth, resist-dyed, finishing treatment rubbed

Shawl or head cloth, 20th century

Mali

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panel, white strip cloth with horizontal of red, green with yellow and red border; cotton

Panel, 20th century

Mali

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panel, striped strip cloth, black and orange; cotton

Panel, 20th century

Mali

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mask (a) with six sticks (b-g), strip cloth, mud dyed decoration; cotton wood

Mask, 20th century

Mali

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Hunter's Shirt, 20th century

Mali

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handspun cotton, possibly commisioned by Sara Brett Smith

Strip-Woven Top and Wrapper, 20th century

Bamana

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shawl, strip cloth, indigo dyed coarse hand-spun cotton

Shawl, 20th century

Mali

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