Mali's distinctive mud and Indigo cloths are created using the ancient strip-weaving method found throughout West Africa. The weaver, usually a man, weaves plain white cotton yarn into narrow strips up to 60 metres long. Then
Mali's distinctive mud and Indigo cloths are created using the ancient strip-weaving method found throughout West Africa. The weaver, usually a man, weaves plain white cotton yarn into narrow strips up to 60 metres long. Then a sewer, often a retired weaver, cuts and stitches these strips together to make a whole cloth.
Strip-woven Indigo cloths are stitched and ti