Mudcloth Textile in Process: Third Stage
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Nov 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 2003
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Handwoven strip cloth, made from 4 cloth strips sewn together. Balanced plain weave. Thread is handspun, single ply Z twist cotton. Unhemmed, unfinished ends. Dyed yellow, darker on one side than the other. Cloth is entirely covered with bands of geometric patterns (crosses, zig-zags, triangles, etc.) painted with mud. This is part of a set (catalog numbers E432936 - E432939) that was made by Nakunte Diarra for the 2003 SI Folklife Festival to demonstrate the steps in making mudcloth. This represents the third stage, when the cloth is first washed to remove the mud. It has not yet been bleached to remove the yellow mordant.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, District of Columbia, Mali / United States, Africa / North America
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: 2034092
label: USNM Number
content: E432939-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 92 cm
label: Width
content: ca. 51 cm