Woman's Marriage Shawl (Dankana or Dagana)
Minianka
1987
- Medium
- Cotton, nine narrow strips of plain weave; pieced; embroidered in chain stitches; plied yarn and warp fringe
- Dimensions
- 213.4 × 100.5 cm (84 × 39 1/2 in.); Repeat: 22.2 × 10.8 cm (8 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.); Approximate strip: W.: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
miniankacotton (textile)clothingafricangurarts of Africadress (garment)African Textilesneedlework (visual works)costumeTextileembroideringplain weaving