Mossi Woman's Wrap / Skirt

Triangles filled with dots and stripes alternate across two stacked bands of pale blue cloth.

This woman's wrap or skirt is Mossi, from Burkina Faso, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is woven cotton & indigo. Indigo is a plant dye that gives cotton a deep blue, and the cloth is dipped repeatedly, then exposed to air so the color develops. Wide, low rectangle of faded blue with white triangles, some packed with tiny dots and others with fine lines. A seam divides the panels at center, and the dye fades softly at the edges. It is 36 inches wide and 59 long.

Pointed geometry in a soft, faded blue.