African Tie Dye Fabric #164 Oba Approximately 41" x 62"

Approximately 41" x 62"

Traditionally made by the women of Mali

The handwoven cotton Bogolanfini mud cloth

This pattern has stripes of the designs from selvage edge

the women often are supporting 8-12 children

African Tie Dye Fabric #164 Oba Approximately 41" x 62"100% cotton Bazin jacquard. Preshrunk. Machine wash and dry. This cloth begins as a solid colored piece which is then intricately folded. The folds are held in place by clamping, stitching or tying. The fold create a resist area where the original color of the cloth is preserved. The cloth is hand dipped into a dye bath, unfolded and retied or folded for another layer of color. Some pieces make as many as 5 trips to the dye bath before being rinsed,