Woman with handwoven mud cloth, Segou, Mali

Textile workers

Woman with handwoven mud cloth, Segou, Mali Textile workers Unknown Mud cloth African fabrics Textiles Detailed view Originated by the woman of Mali's Bamana culture centuries ago, mud cloth from West Africa, or bogolan in the local language, is a unique African textile. Producing this cotton fabric is a home-grown handcraft and the finished mudcloths are an authentic traditional art form. Unknown 1999 CE Digital Jpeg2000, 3.47MB Cotton afr04055 Kathleen Cohen Segou, Republic of Mali, Africa African, Malian, West African, Sub-Saharan, Bambara, Bamana, Mande Kathleen Cohen

Woman with handwoven mud cloth, Segou, Mali

Textile workers

Unknown

Mud cloth

African fabrics

Textiles

Detailed view

Originated by the woman of Mali's Bamana culture centuries ago, mud cloth from West Africa, or bogolan in the local language, is a unique African textile. Producing this cotton fabric is a home-grown handcraft and the finished mudcloths are an authentic traditional art form.

Unknown

1999 CE

Digital

Jpeg2000, 3.47MB

Cotton

afr04055

Kathleen Cohen

Segou, Republic of Mali, Africa

African, Malian, West African, Sub-Saharan, Bambara, Bamana, Mande

Kathleen Cohen