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Early African Art
KORHOGO MUD CLOTH
PAINTING
& other textile styles
What is KORHOGO?
‘RITUAL and MAGIC’ are part of Korhogo .
Fila is the name of the cloth that the Senufo
people of Ivory Coast would wear for
‘protection’
It is a white, hand-woven cotton on which black
& gray drawings are painted with vegetable
juices & mud.
The clothing items are worn on certain days of
the week.
Part of the ritual would require the wearers to
observe certain restrictions of food and other
obligations.
Mud Cloth Fabric is…
Made using ancient and extensive process.
Fabric is all hand spun making individual cloth
sheets
Each strip of cloth is then sewed together. The
entire piece of fabric is then dyed in tea made
from the Bogalon tree found in Mali, West
Africa.
The tea acts as a fixative for mud painted
designs that are hand painted, using specially
prepared mud.
Some designs are then bleached after the
entire process is complete to give white
designs.
Mud dye art work has been used for many
centuries to pass African culture from
generation to generation.
All pieces are approximately 45 inches wide and
6 feet long.
Korhogo Clothing
Always Tells A
Story.
Goat signifies strength
Fish means
vitality
& abundance
Snake signifies Earth’s
abundance
Bird is a sign
of freedom
Chicken means grace
Ivory Coast in part of
West Africa.
Korhogo weavers
Korhogo is a village that is
known for its weaving and
cloth designs
Weaving as
an African Art Form
West African Strip Cloth Weaving
Adire, Adinkra, & Mud Cloth
Discovering mud cloth
Click on any of the phrases above to discover more
Animal symbols in African Culture
 The Bwa and the Nuna like in the dry savannah of Mali
and Burkina Faso.
 The people make animal masks to
enlist the power of the spirits of the forests, bush
country, and surrounding rivers.
 The masks make the spirits visible to them and put them
in touch with the people.
 The masks depict spirits
associated with powerful animals such as buffalo,
antelopes, hawks, and fish.
 The masks are owned by families and clans who use the
mask to protect them.
 The zig zag lines on the face of the Hawk signify the
"path of ancestors", a moral path that is very difficult,
but one every Nunuma (Bobo /Nuna) must follow to
succeed in life.
Antelope Mask
Bwa (Bobo)
Mali and Burkina
Faso
wood, natural pigments
Guro Shield
Mask
Ivory Coast
Guro Tribe
artifact
Rams head mounted on a
concave shield. The head
is surmounted with the
usual abstract bird.
Designs on fabric containing
of Art and pictures of
animals are a very important
part of tribal life and have
a significant place in these
cultures.
The animals are a key to
living and surviving.