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A rectangular textile featuring a grid of nine squares. The squares alternate between diamond shapes in red and blue on white backgrounds, and checkerboard patterns in yellow, orange, and blue on black backgrounds. Horizontal striped bands and black and white checkerboard bands and white fringe border the top and bottom.
Woman's Cloth
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Woman's Cloth

Artist Maryam Kienta (Malian, born 1955)
Date1981
Place of originMali
MediumHandwoven cotton textile
Dimensionswithout fringe: 8 ft. 2 in. x 56 in. (248.9 x 142.2 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Moussa Kienta, husband of artist
Object numberT-85-42
Collections
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