DepartmentTextiles-Africa
Uldebe
NameWearing blanket
CultureDogon
Date20th century
Place madePinia, Mali, West Africa, Africa
MediumCotton, indigo dye, hand spun cotton
Dimensions105 7/8 × 59 13/16 in. (269 × 152 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum of New Mexico Foundation, gift of the Friends of Folk Art, Folk Art Flea Market, A.2016.52.7
Object numberA.2016.52.7
DescriptionHand-woven textile composed of nine strips, handsewn together selvedge to selvedge with thick white thread. Sections woven on double heddle strip loom in traditional patterns in indigo blue and natural white. Fringed at both ends.
c. 1865
ca. 1950
20th century
c. 1920
