Dogon Indigo Strip Woven Cloth

Warmly, a long indigo strip, dotted with pale rings and tie-dyed stripes, fringed at the ends.

This indigo strip woven cloth is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is woven cotton & indigo. Indigo dye has long been used across West Africa to color cotton in deep blues, and cloth is usually dipped repeatedly to build the shade. Complete in frame, a narrow rectangle of deep blue cloth with rows of small white rings and short vertical streaks, resist-dyed in neat columns. The ends are frayed into loose fringe, and the dye varies slightly across the length. It is 64 inches wide and 19 long.

Blue, spotted and very comfortable with its ragged ends.