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 wolo bark tannin with iron-rich mud drawn from the Niger banks — 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 13oz rinse-indigo japanese-style denim, black-and-ivory bogolan mudcloth side panels, bib frame, belt facing and cuff turn-backs, riveted pockets, gold-tone z strap clasps and belt buckle.
