Vintage African,Baule Indigo Dyed, Ikat, Strip Woven Textile/56”x 40"

Description

Vintage, hard to find indigo ikat dyed textile by the Baule people of the Ivory Coast and Ghana. 10 soft, tightly handwoven strips sewn together with an ikat blue and white over pattern, thin yellow woven stripes between each blue stripe
(hard to see in my pictures),
and a light orange stripe at one side. The Baule are only one of two peoples in West Africa that do ikat dyeing of their weaving thread.
40” x 56” with 1” fringe on either end; Very good condition: Strips were machine sewn together but a few later seam repairs were done and one wear hole in the center has been repaired.
(GB40)
_gsrx_vers_775 (GS 7.0.3 (775))