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Bogolan
by Victoria Rovine
- ART & ARCHITECTURE
- 2008
- PAPER
- 178 PAGES
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An illustrated survey of bogolan, bogolanfini (or mudcloth) textiles, both traditional and contemporary. The making of mudcloth (as it is usually known in the United States) has experienced a revitalization in Mali in the last decades. With chapters on the rural roots, tourist and fine art markets, culture and fashion. Rovine is a curator of African Art at the University of Iowa.
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