On this first section of Francophone West African Textile section we focus on Cote D'Ivoire, and feature an important and very rare group of cloths from the north eastern part of Cote D'Ivoire, around the town of Bondoukou. Stylistically and historically related to the well known Ewe and Asante cloths of Ghana these distinctive early C20th cloths are previously undocumented and not represented in museum collections (except a few we hav sourced in recent years.) They represented an important stylistic and historical link between the textiles of Mali and Ivory Coast and those of Ghana. The area we found these cloths is sparsely populated and it would appear that most existing examples have now been collected. Other cloths are woven by the Dioula, a Mande people of ancient Malian origin who played a key role in the spread of weaving in West Africa. See our introduction to Ivoirian weaving page.
| Bondoukou fr473: Email for price | Bondoukou fr474: Email for price | Bondoukou fr476: Email for price | Bondoukou fr479: Email for price |
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| Bondoukou fr480: Email for price | Bondoukou fr494: US$2850 | Bondoukou fr502: Email for price | Bondoukou fr504: Email for price |
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| fr496: Dioula rare man's ikat cloth US$1350 | fr492: Gouro/Mande Email for price | ||
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| Bondoukou fr493: US$975 | Bondoukou fr503: US$1100 | Bondoukou fr489: US$1250 | Bondoukou fr490: US$565 |
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