Indigo has been used in many different cultures all around the world and in Africa there is a long tradition of making indigo dyed clothing and fabrics using a variety of different techniques. This textile comes from the Baulé people from Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and it made of hand-woven strips of cotton fabric that have been stitched together in order to make a bigger piece of fabric. The pattern is a so called ikat, where parts of the threads are covered before the dyeing, which gives a pattern that will appear later in the weaving process.
Here’s the great Baulé fabric in a size perfect to wear as a scarf.
– African Indigo Baulé Ikat Textile Scarf No. 21
– Hand made in Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)
– 100% cotton
– Resist dyed and ikat woven using indigo, yellow, white and red threads
– Embroidered with small details of distinctive colors
– Measures: Length 150 cm, Width 29 cm
