LOT 221 SONGHAY ARKILA JENNGO MALI
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SONGHAY ARKILA JENNGO MALI wool and cotton weave, dyed using vegetal and mineral pigments, strip cloth with intricate designs in red, yellow, blue and white, ten narrow blue and white strips are combined in a chequerboard pattern, with additional floating motifs in red and yellow. four additional strips along each side have somewhat simpler designs (440cm x 135cm) Footnote: Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom Note: A superb example of a complete Arkilla Jenngo, traditionally produced by Songhay-speaking weavers using a double-heddle backstrap loom. This a luxury item among the semi-nomadic peoples of the Sahel, intended for use as a tent-divider or marriage-bed curtain and woven on commission. For a similar example please see; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accession number 2004.8
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