Woman's Marriage Shawl (Dankana or Dagana)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Minianka

Title

Woman's Marriage Shawl (Dankana or Dagana)

Place

Mali (Object made in)

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Made 1987

Medium

Cotton, nine narrow strips of plain weave; pieced; embroidered in chain stitches; plied yarn and warp fringe

Dimensions

213.4 × 100.5 cm (84 × 39 1/2 in.); Repeat: 22.2 × 10.8 cm (8 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.); Approximate strip: W.: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society

Reference Number

1989.550

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