Mossi Woman's Wrap / Skirt

Broad cream stripes alternate with narrow blue bands across a wide, plain, horizontal weave.

This woman's wrap or skirt is Mossi, from Burkina Faso, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is woven cotton & indigo. The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, and they have long been farmers, weavers and dyers. Rectangular cloth woven in horizontal bands, from wide white fields to groups of thin blue and dark lines. The edges are straight, with light wear and a few darker threads here and there. It is 39 inches wide and 58 long.

A quiet, striped cloth that stays calmly in line.