The cloth
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a double n'gallama bath with a lime-brightened reserve for the pale ground — the pattern is not printed on, it is drawn in mud and then the ground around it is lifted away. On this piece the mudcloth meets khaki and olive premium linen panels, white line embroidery outlining every seam, diamond bogolan mudcloth motif tile, mudcloth inner yoke facing, discreet gold-tone diamond z on the inner label.
