Mud-Dyed Man's Shirt "Duloki"
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: MAN'S SHIRT MADE OF HEAVY COTTON. HAS V-NECK IN FRONT (LINED W/ LIGHT-GREEN SHINY COTTON), ROUND OPENING ON BACK, SHORT SLEEVES. UNDERSIDES OF SLEEVES AND SIDES OF BODY NOT SEWN TOGETHER. SLEEVES & BOTTOM HEM NOT HEMMED. SHIRT DECORATED W/ MUD-DYED PRINT OF CHECKERBOARD PATTERN OF CREAM CHEVRON ON BLACK & CREAM SQUARES ON BLACK. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THE SHIRT IS A SORT OF VEST & WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY BE SEWN ON THE SLEEVES OR SIDES. 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.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 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: E428416-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 125 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 87 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2 cm