Vintage African,Baule Indigo Dyed, Ikat, Strip Woven Textile/54”x 42"

Description

Beautiful, vintage, hard to find indigo ikat dyed textile by the Baule people of the Ivory Coast and Ghana. 10 very soft, tightly handwoven strips sewn together, each woven in a deep indigo blue with light turquoise/green blue lines, pink at the strip edges, and small colorful embroidered patterns at the ends. The Baule are only one of two peoples in West Africa that do ikat dyeing of their weaving thread.
42” x 54” with 1” fringe on either end; Excellent condition: Strips were machine sewn together and there are a few seam openings that have been resewn by hand.
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_gsrx_vers_775 (GS 7.0.3 (775))