Woman’s Mantle (Bakhnoug)

Unknown artist

late 19th–early 20th century

Wool weave with cotton brocade, subsequently dyed

Yale University Art Gallery

A dark blue textile with geometric patterns and fringed edges. The textile features embroidered or woven designs in lighter blue and yellow. Amazigh textiles are woven and dyed by the women in the community. Shawls such as this one were left undyed, or dyed red, black, or blue according to the wearer’s age: white for very young g... Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund