Wrapper

19th–early 20th century

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Dyers in the city of Saint-Louis-du-Senegal perfected a range of elaborate techniques of indigo-resist patterning including tie-dye, stitch resist, and resist decoration with wax or rice paste. Stitch resist was used to produce the constellation of delicate white designs that fill this deep indigo field. Such panels were worn as a garment wrapped around the lower body by the city’s most elegant women during the early twentieth century.

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Title: Wrapper
Date: 19th–early 20th century
Geography: Senegal
Medium: Cotton, indigo
Dimensions: W. 61 × D. 1/16 × L. 97 1/4 in. (155 × 0.2 × 247 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Costumes
Credit Line: Musée du Quai Branly–Jacques Chirac, Paris (71.1930.61.883)
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing