Wrapper
| Artist | Apprentices of Sira Bhoye Diallo |
|---|---|
| Title | Wrapper (Faata tad (y)e) |
| Date | 1996 |
| Medium | Damask cloth, indigo, and and rice sack plastic |
| Dimensions | Overall: 62 x 48 1/2 in. (157.5 x 123.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Tavy D. Aherne and Daniel J. FitzSimmons, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 98.9 |
| 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, called gudhe ngara in Guinea, have been worn as clothing. This cloth is untailored to wear wrapped around the body. It reflects the dynamics of textile production in the late twentieth century that involved a combination of local materials and techniques with materials imported to Guinea. While we do not know the individual apprentices’ names who contributed to creating this cloth, it is exceptional that we know the name of cloth maker Sira Bhoye Diallo, who is associated with this wrapper, because collecting practices of African textiles have not often documented makers’ names.
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=98.9