Man's shirt

NameShirt

Dateca. 1980

Place madeDjenne, Mali, Africa

MediumCotton

DimensionsOverall: 26 3/8 x 25 3/16 in. (67 x 64 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jonathan and Dale Carolyn Gluckman

Object numberA.2011.31.1

DescriptionNatural cream colored commercial cotton, collarless, sleeveless (open sided) shirt with embroidery in a band down front center and a crossing band at upper chest. At each bottom front side is located a vertical oval form with three projections at the top and bottom, and the sides with radiant long black triangles. The back is a similarly embroidered down front and across, and with roosters in the bottom side corners. In each corner a rooster sits atop a black and white triangle with Maliian flags projecting up from each of the bottom corners. Sides are selvaged, the bottom unfinished. An interior diamond shaped lining covers the shoulders, central chest to just below the slit, and central upper back.