Multi-color tie-dyed women’s gown with beige machine embroidery at the neck opening and edges. The fabric is known in Sierra Leone as gara cloth. Tie-dyed. Imported dyes.
OBJECT NAME / TITLE: Gown. Women’s gown made from a multi-color resist dyed textile
PLACE MADE / ARTIST / MAKER: Sierra Leone
The MendeThe Mende Peoples of Sierra Leone NA
No
Mende, Temne or Mandingo
Sierra Leone
MATERIALS: Imported white cotton damask fabric, known locally as brillion. Imported dyes (BASF German dyes, with caustic soda and sodium hydrosulfite added to dye baths).
