Display Cloth (tapis): Koumi Diosseni Kandian (Koumi Diossé, The Long-Necked)

1987 Overall: 155.6 x 170.8 cm (61 1/4 x 67 1/4 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.48

Considered the greatest bògòlanfiniw artist, Nakunte Diarra innovated on the cloth painting and dyeing skills she learned from Sojo Coulibaly, her aunt. Covered with symbols that have proverbial and historical meaning, bògòlanfiniw was believed to have had protective powers. D...

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