Wrapper (tafè): Surakamuso Kunkoro Talan (The Mauritanian Woman’s Head Pillow)

This contemporary bògòlanfini (mud/clay cloth) is composed of 12 cotton strips sewn together and dyed. Typically, men weave the cloth, while women decorate it using a resist method. They bathe the cloth with an organic yellow or red dye fixative (a mordant), then paint on ferm...