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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4351633, member: 8267"]Neither are Kuba cloth. The assembly of narrow bands of cotton cloth stitched together is very characteristic of West African textiles. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first is an example of bogolanfini, or mudcloth, made by the Bamana/Bambara in Mali. The dark areas are created by first painting on a plant-derived solution that is high in tannins, followed by a local mud that contains iron compounds. The iron reacts with the tannins to create the dark color. (The chemical process is similar to that used to make iron-gall ink.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The second cloth with the embroidered elements is from the same general region, and the dark stripes also appear mud-dyed. But I need to take a bit more time to check references to be more specific.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4351633, member: 8267"]Neither are Kuba cloth. The assembly of narrow bands of cotton cloth stitched together is very characteristic of West African textiles. The first is an example of bogolanfini, or mudcloth, made by the Bamana/Bambara in Mali. The dark areas are created by first painting on a plant-derived solution that is high in tannins, followed by a local mud that contains iron compounds. The iron reacts with the tannins to create the dark color. (The chemical process is similar to that used to make iron-gall ink.) The second cloth with the embroidered elements is from the same general region, and the dark stripes also appear mud-dyed. But I need to take a bit more time to check references to be more specific.[/QUOTE]
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