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Visual systems before colonial rule
Coastal contact and transcultural exchange, c. 1471–1874
Colonial print and institutional design, 1874–1945
Anticolonial and independence visual culture, 1945–1966
Post-independence public and popular graphics, 1966–1992
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Bogolanfini mud cloth
Book · 2005 · Open Library
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Un tableau en bogolan avec un Caméléon (5912854422)
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BogolanMali2
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The Silence of the Women
Book · 2019 · Open Library
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Article · 2012
On the role of tannins and iron in the Bogolan or mud cloth dyeing process
Mukta V. Limaye, Z. Bacsik
Semantic Scholar
2012
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Traditional mud cloth
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Adinkra Cloth — Stamped Mourning Textile
Image · Smithsonian Open Access — National Museum of African Art
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BogolanMali4
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Adinkra stamped cloth tradition
Image · UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage — Adinkra (related Akan traditions)
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Article · 2021
mud cloth
Fairchild Books
2021
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Article · 1970
Bokolanfini: Mud Cloth of the Bamana of Mali
Pascal James Imperato, Marli Shamir
African Arts
1970
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Article · 1973
Bogolanfini: A Mud-Painted Cloth from Mali
J. B. Donne
Man
1973
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Article · 1994
On the Origin of a New Tapis Mud-Cloth Design
Sarah Brett-Smith
African Arts
1994
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Bogolan cloth in market of Endé, Mali
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Le Bogolan
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WLANL - Pachango - Tropenmuseum - Bogolan kostuum
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Book · 2006
African mud cloth
Pascal James Imperato
Kilima House Publishers
2006
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Bògòlanfini
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