Mud Cloth (bokolanfini)

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Mud Cloth (bokolanfini)
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CultureBamana peoples
Titles
  • Mud Cloth (bokolanfini)
Date1935–1965
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumCotton and mud dye
Dimensions64 × 40 in. (162.6 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1541
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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.

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97.777
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c. 1800
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