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Mud Cloth (Bogolanfini)
Image Not Available for Mud Cloth (Bogolanfini)
CultureBamana peoples
Titles
  • Mud Cloth (Bogolanfini)
Date1935–1965
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumStrip-woven, local cotton, fermented river clay, a mordant solution of boiled N'galama (Anogeissus leiocarpa) and N'tjankara (Combretum glutinosum) leaves, and caustic soda (savon de sodani)
DimensionsOverall: 63 1/2 x 40 5/8 in. (161.3 x 103.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1541
Not on view

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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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