Mossi Woman's Wrap / Skirt

Stacked ovals of dotted lines swim across a navy ground in several joined strips.

This woman's wrap or skirt is Mossi, from Burkina Faso, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is woven cotton & indigo. Narrow strips woven on a loom are joined edge to edge to make a wide cloth, a method common across West Africa. Horizontal cloth in dark blue with elongated oval figures built from short white dashes, flanked by rows of small dots. Visible seams run across the field, and the edges look slightly frayed. It is 41 inches wide and 64 long.

Ovals made of dashes, and every dash behaving.