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 double-faced italian wool in camel, black-and-ivory bogolan mudcloth lapel facing, placket, belt and cuff turn-backs, bound internal seams, gold-tone z belt buckle.
