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 olive washed tencel-linen with resort drape, hand-blocked brown / cream bogolan mudcloth shoulder band, waistband facing and side-seam trim, gold-tone z mark.
