Woman's Wrapper

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A handspun cloth with natural indigo dyes and a variety of blue shades. There are two bars of a darker blue along the two short ends. The rest of the textile is filled with a stripped pattern of light and dark blue.

Artist Kadiatou Koma (Guinean)

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Title Woman's Wrapper

Date 1996

Medium Cloth dyed with indigo

Dimensions Object: 57 7/8 × 45 1/4 in. (147 × 114.9 cm)
Overall: 57 7/8 × 45 1/4 in. (147 × 114.9 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Tavy D. Aherne and Daniel J. FitzSimmons, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 98.8

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Indigo-dyed cloth is much prized in Guinea and in many other parts of West Africa, and cloths dyed by professional dyers are sold locally as well as exported to neighboring countries. The patterns on this cloth were created with a technique called sew-dye or stitch resist: before the cloth is dyed, it is folded or bunched and sewn with tight, small stiches. After dyeing, the stitches are removed, revealing a white or light blue pattern where the dye did not fully permeate the fabric.

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