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Head cover, Dogon
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118 x 54 cm 5 strips, each 11 cm wide Cotton, hand-spun thread.
1978 81-x-449
Head cover, Dogon
This decoration is unique. It is embroidered, not woven. Using a sewing
needle, a white cotton thread is sewn back and forth over two or three
strips. The ends of the threads are tied at the edge of the weave to
form fringes. Archaeology has shown that this technique was used by
the Dogon culture in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries.
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