Cameroonian Woman's Wrap / Skirt

Blue cloth spotted with white rosettes, as if it had been caught in snow.

This woven cotton and indigo woman's wrap or skirt from Cameroon is from Cameroon, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. Wrapped cloths are a common form of dress in Africa, tied around the waist as a skirt or worn over the shoulders, and often woven in narrow strips. Rectangular textile dyed rich cobalt blue, scattered with round white circles each with a starburst of pale radiating lines. A few loose threads trail from the sides. The weave is soft and a little uneven. It is 66 inches wide and 46.75 long.

Plenty of tiny circles, all with a blue streak.