Textiles from Mali |
Featured Textiles: merging culture, agriculture and
art;
Cope kare or tapi blanket, Peul
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310 x 180 cm 13 strips, each 14 cm wide Cotton, industrial thread
Woven by Samba Saré, 1983 Originates from Manako (borough of Fatoma)
83-19-183
Cope kare or tapi blanket, Peul
Modern weaving began in the Cercle of Goundam in the 1950s using boloti
industrial cotton thread (the word comes from the French for
a ball of thread, pelote). This was where all the different
varieties of arkilla blankets overlapped. The traditional
techniques and motifs were preserved, but entirely new types
of blanket began to be produced thanks to new arrangements
of motifs and the use of bright colors. This represented the
beginning of modern weaving In the Sahel. It used to be the
fashion to offer textiles and blankets as presents, with iridescently
shimmering motifs on a chequerboard background. This type
of very time-consuming weaving formed part of a bride’s trousseau
and its textiles are still used today to cover ceilings and
walls of living rooms and bedrooms.
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