Country cloth

Country cloth is a thick, heavy, cloth, traditionally made from locally grown cotton that is spun into thread, dyed, and woven into strips on a tripod loom. The strips are then sewn together edge to edge to form the finished cloth. Such cloth was, in the past, regarded as a sign or wealth and Prestige. This example consists of two strips of black and white striped cloth. The Sierra Leone Museum catalogue notes that this pattern is known as white yarn, black ndulie and fandewa .

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Further Information

  • Type: Textiles, cloth
  • Object: Country cloth
  • Materials: Textile
  • Culture Group: Other
  • Dimensions: Unknown
  • Production Date: Pre 1966
  • Associated Places: Njala Kumboya
  • Associated People: Amie Soliman (Spinster); Pa Mocktary (Weaver)
  • Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
  • Accession Number: SLNM.1966.08.02

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