Dogon Woman's Wrap / Skirt

Deep, saturated blue with pale streaks and a faint pull near the upper left.

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. Dark rectangular cloth with wide blue bands and thinner light blue and white lines. A small puckered snag sits near the top left and a broad paler band crosses the middle. The color is rich and slightly mottled. It is 38 inches wide and 62 long.

Deep blue, quietly rumpled and thoroughly lived in.