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eShopAfrica.com > Wear > Mali Mudcloth Shawls
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Welcome to Mud Cloth from Mali
Although it is popularly known as 'mud' cloth in fact these beautiful cloths use a wide variety of vegetable and minerals to produce their earthy tones. The West African cotton is hand-spun and woven on handlooms into strips about 3 inches wide. These are then sewn together to form one piece of cloth. At each end of the cloth there is a fringe the same colour as the background colour. These are hand made items and each one will differ slightly in size, design and colour. Patterns change over time, so these photos show types and styles.

The last two items are stencilled, many different patterns are availaable, if interested please send a query.

Mud cloth specifications
Individual measurements may vary slightly
Country of origin Mali
Content100% West African Cotton
ProcessStamp and resist dying using natural dyes
Width21in53cm
Length53in134cm
Fringe Length3in10cm
Shipping weight.50 kg

Special orders can be arranged and take up to three months. If you would like to make a special order please email us. 

 
MDS001 Mud Cloth Shawl MDS001 Mud Cloth Shawl
These pictures show samples of the types of indigo cloth available. You will receive a variety of cloths similar, but not necessarily exactly the same, as the photographs.  

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10 Shawls for $250 ($25 each)  
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MDS002 Mud Cloth Shawl MDS002 Mud Cloth Shawl
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Fact Fact
To obtain black the cotton is boiled with leaves from two trees until it turns yellow and then buried in mud for a few days. The colour blue is from the indigo plant and other sources of colours include turmeric, kola nut, sorghum and henna. 

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MDS004 Mud Cloth Shawl MDS004 Mud Cloth Shawl
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Fact Fact
In the fifteenth century the Nigerian city of Benin became powerful through its trading of locally made cotton goods for copper from the south Sahara and horses from Sudan. 

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Tip Tip
If you are going to wear mud cloth always wash it first to get rid of the excess dye. Wash by hand in cold water and dry flat. The first wash a lot of colour comes out - with each subsequent wash a small amount of colour comes out and fading can occur. 

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Sorry... We have to increase our prices as electricity and fuel in Ghana have gone up. Some things now costs double what they did a year ago and so our artisans are also increasing their prices **
 
eShopAfrica.com is a pioneer of African based ecommerce. Our company is registered in Accra, Ghana and we've been trading online since 2001. We have customers all over the world ranging from individuals to businesses, collectors to museums. We also run an ecommerce consultancy service to help others trade online.
 
Our aim is to create sustainable businesses for traditional African artisans many of whom live in poverty. Arts and crafts are a valuable source of income for many Africans. Rural populations live off their creativity between harvests and urban dwellers - often women - rely on their creative skills to feed and educate their children. However they have neither the time nor resources to market their goods and quite frequently receive cost or less than cost for their work.
 
We also wish to showcase the positive, creative site of Africa. Few people have access to the scope and beauty of African artefacts and we'd like to bring them closer.
 
We want to put money and prestige back into the African artisan sector so that the world doesn't lose these valuable skills.
 
Meet some of our artisans on the About page or find out what the Media say. Check the Blog Link for our latest news.
 
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Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative by Olaudah Equiano
 
Going into Darkness: Fantastic Coffins from Africa by Thierry Secretan
 
West Africa before the Colonial Era: A History to 1850 by Basil Davidson
 
African Civilization Revisited: From Antiquity to Modern Times by Basil Davidson
 
A Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
 

 

 

 
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