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Weaving silk and cotton yarns

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posted on 2024-12-09, 12:49 authored by Laurence DounyLaurence Douny
Bringing bundles of indigo, white cotton and silk yarns to the weaver. Preparing the yarns to be woven. The weaver sorts the yarns. Preparing yarns to weave the model decided by his client. The model is created by placing the various yarns on the loom. Weaving, fixing yarns when they break

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D7

Rights owner

Laurence Douny

Cultural group

Marka-Dafing

Participants

Lacina Démbélé, Salif Sawadogo, Lonsani Dayo, Abdoulaye Séré

Country

Burkina Faso

Place

Nounou, Mouhoun

Materials

Animal-silk

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2020-07-11

Unique ID

2019LG04-D7-0071

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