Woman's Mud-Dyed Wrapper "Tafe"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Oct 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
notes: label: Notes
content: THE WOMAN'S WRAPPER, "TAFE" (PAGNE IN FRENCH), DEPICTS A TRADITIONAL STYLE OF BOGOLAN MARKED BY 4 DIFFERENT BORDERS W/ THE EDGES AND CENTER NAMED W/ REFERENCE TO THE WAY IT IS WORN. THIS CLOTH REFERS TO THE MARRIAGE OF WOMEN & THE MOVING OF THE WOMAN TO HER HUSBAND'S VILLAGE. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THE MAKER LEARNED THE MUD-DYE CRAFT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER. IN THE LATE 1970'S, SHE BEGAN MAKING DISPLAY CLOTHS AS COMMISSIONS FOR AMERICANS LIVING IN MALI. A TRAVELING EXHIBIT OF HER TEXTILES WAS ORGANIZED BY INDIANA UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM IN THE EARLY 1990'S. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC DESIGNS, SEE ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kokolani, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416175
label: USNM Number
content: E428414-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wrapper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 149 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 118 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2 cm