Dogon Woman's Wrap / Skirt

Lighter patch is stitched into the upper left of this high-contrast striped cloth.

This woman's wrap or skirt of woven cotton and indigo is Dogon, from Mali, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. Indigo is a blue dye made from the leaves of certain plants, and in West Africa it has long been used to color cotton cloth in deep shades of blue. Rectangular cloth with dark navy and white stripes in varied widths. A small inset panel of finer, paler stripes sits at the upper left, joined by a visible seam. The lower edge is slightly uneven, and the dark bands are dense. It is 43 inches wide and 56 long.

A neat repair and a very sharp color scheme.