Bogolanfini (mud cloth) woman’s wrapper
Bogolanfini (mud cloth) woman’s wrapper

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Bogolanfini (mud cloth) woman’s wrapper,

before 1935

Artist unrecorded
Bamana
2024-42

Information

Title
Bogolanfini (mud cloth) woman’s wrapper
Dates

before 1935

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Handspun cotton and natural dyes
Dimensions
129 × 62 cm (50 13/16 × 24 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2024-42
Place Made

Africa, Mali

Culture
Bamana
Type
textiles
Subject
hand weaving, painting (coating), wrappers (garments)

Frédérick-Henri Lem, collected in Mali, ca. 1934–35; [Charles Ratton, purchased from Lem, July 19, 1943, Inv. Number 3156];
[Charles Ratton Collection, until September 15, 2023];
[Charles Ratton, 14, rue de Marignan, Paris Auction, Collin de Bocage, Hôtel Drouot, September 15, 2023, Lot 16214];
[Andres Moraga, Berkeley, CA, by purchase from the above auction, September 15, 2023];
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, by purchase from the above, 2024

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