Kosso fin Dourou or Kosso fin Dourou Dyourou (Blanket of five blacks or Blanket of five black lines)

Provenance

Acquired in Ségou Cercle, Mali, by Pascal James and Eleanor M. Imperato, Mali and New York, 1968 [according to emails from Pascal James and Eleanor M. Imperato, Jan. 3 and Sept. 23, 2022; copies in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.

Kosso fin Dourou or Kosso fin Dourou Dyourou (Blanket of five blacks or Blanket of five black lines)

Bamana

Mid-20th century

Accession Number

270617

Medium

10 strips of cotton, undyed and dyed with indigo; weft faced with supplementary weave, strip woven, machine stitched together, finished with twisted fringe

Dimensions

228.6 × 162.6 cm (90 × 64 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Pascal James Imperato