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Mandingo artist

Gara cloth,

Description

Maker

  • Mandingo artist

Title

Gara cloth

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Cotton and synthetic (?) plain weave,
  • tie-dyed using kolonut and indigo

Techniques

  • Cotton and synthetic (?) plain weave,
  • tie-dyed using kolonut and indigo

Dimensions

Width: 113 cm (44 1/2 inches); Length: 160 cm (63 inches)

Place

Makeni, Sierra Leone

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of John and Joanna McWilliam

Object Number

2023.44.6

About

Gara cloth

Makeni, Sierra Leone

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Gara cloth with the accession number of 2023.44.6. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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