id: 284825 accession number: 2016.49 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.49 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:50.201000 Wrapper (tafè): Surakamuso Kunkoro Talan (The Mauritanian Woman’s Head Pillow), 1988. Nakunte Diarra (Malian, c. 1941–2020). Cotton and dye; overall: 108.6 x 142.9 cm (42 3/4 x 56 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara G. Hoffman and Michael R. Short 2016.49 title: Wrapper (tafè): Surakamuso Kunkoro Talan (The Mauritanian Woman’s Head Pillow) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1988 creation date earliest: 1988 creation date latest: 1988 current location: creditline: Gift of Barbara G. Hoffman and Michael R. Short copyright: --- culture: Mali technique: Cotton and dye department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Garment find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Nakunte Diarra (Malian, c. 1941–2020) - artist Based in Kolokani, in the Beledougou region of Mali, Bamana artist Nakunte Diarra has been making bogolanfiniw (mud-dyed cloth) since the 1950s. She employs techniques that she learned from her grandmother and today is widely recognized as Mali’s greatest living bogolan artist. --- measurements: Overall: 108.6 x 142.9 cm (42 3/4 x 56 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE The textile was acquired directly from Nakunte Diarra in Kolokani, Mali date: 1988 footnotes: citations: Barbara G. Hoffman and Michael R. Short, Cleveland Heights, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1988-2016 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2016- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Aherne, Tavy D. Nakunte Diarra, Bògòlanfini Artist of the Beledougou. Bloomington [Ind.]: Indiana University Art Museum, 1992. page number: p. 43, no,. 22 url: --- IMAGES