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 n'gallama leaf bath, then river-mud fermentation over three passes — 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 cream coated technical cotton-nylon with sealed seams, olive / cream hand-blocked bogolan mudcloth shoulder yoke, pocket flaps and interior facing, gold-tone z snap.
