Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Some comments on the diisa
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Happy to get some interesting comments on yesterday’s post on the diisa, a long fringed indigo men’s shawl, through my Facebook and Instag...
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
The Diisa, an indigo scarf of the Sahel.
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The photo, by photographer Edmond Fortier, shows the Dioula warlord Samory Touré wearing on his head a plain fringed indigo headscarf cal...
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Dogon uldebe cloths
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Dogon elders wearing indigo and white cotton uldebe cloths. These cloths are still important among the Dogon as a mark of high status and ...
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Mossi Indigo Shawls
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Rare variant style of vintage Mossi indigo shawls from Burkina Faso with 10 inch long braided fringes and tie dye patterning. There is a del...
Thursday, 14 January 2016
New book: “Indigo Quilts–30 Quilts from the Poos Collection” by Kay and Lori Lee Triplett
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I usually steer clear of commenting on books about African-American quilting and apparent affinities with aspects of African textiles as i...
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Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Wodaabe Men’s Festival Attire, Niger.
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Photo taken from the book “Nomads who cultivate beauty” by Mette Bovin (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2001) in my view the most interesting o...
Friday, 8 January 2016
Ewe Kente in Hali Magazine #186
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Issue #186, out now and available from Hali , includes my article on Ewe kente and a review by John Picton of my book on the Karun Thakar ...
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