Vintage Mali, Dogon Stitch Dyed Indigo/Hand Woven Cotton Strips/42” x 64"

Description

Wonderful, vintage handwoven cotton and dyed African indigo fabric, made by the Dogon in Mali. Textiles are dyed with the resist, stitch dyeing technique and each piece is unique. All the ones I will be listing are
hard to find, older indigo pieces in very good conditon, with the old dyed patterns, and all were used and soft from wear and washing.
This piece  has 8 medium weight hand woven cotton panels, stitched together with a sewing machine so shouldn’t come apart as many of the ones hand stitched sometimes do; approximately 42" x 64”. Strips are dyed with wide white vertical lines and at one end are dyed oval images that I always think look like “mouths” (!), but I was told are said to represent shells.  Work has been washed, is clean, and will not bleed. Excellent condition: ends not hemmed; no major problems or holes that I can see.
I have been lucky enough have first choice of indigos from several large containers of textiles as they arrived directly from Africa. I hand picked those that are in the best condition and those with the most unique and beautiful patterns. All may have some minor problems or damage, but I try to describe and/or photograph any problems for buyers.
(4280)
_gsrx_vers_837 (GS 7.0.15 (837))