Wrapper
| Origin | Guinea |
|---|---|
| Title | Wrapper (Nyungi Potul or Foun Tiga) |
| Date | 1996 |
| Medium | Cloth and indigo |
| Dimensions | Object: 56 × 44 in. (142.2 × 111.8 cm) Overall: 56 × 44 in. (142.2 × 111.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Tavy D. Aherne and Daniel J. FitzSimmons, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 97.7 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
This is an indigo-dyed cloth with alternating stripes of narrow dark blue and light blue cloth. There is also a dark blue border on the top and bottom of the cloth.
Indigo-dyed cloths have been widely made in West Africa, where their cultural significance and use vary by ethnicity and change over time. This example is a cloth wrapper—a common form of clothing in Guinea, Mali, and other parts of West Africa—in which the wearer wraps the cloth around the chest or waist. Some people in West Africa have used indigo-dyed cloth to express various identities, and by the late twentieth century, associations with indigo-dyed cloths in Guinea had shifted to include expressions of national identity.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Wrapper | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=97.7