african wall hanging (?) or MANTLE Origin : Africa, Size: 29 inches x 82 inches Condition: excellent, one row of "pompoms" or edging may be missing on one edge. This unique African textile shows a brown dyed cotton/or plant fiber? ground with cowry shells applied alongside of plant fiber stitching in an embroidered fashion (in both brown and off-white threads. The delicate round circles are made with what some may refer to as a "blanket" edging stitch and linear areas are decorated with insertion style techniques. The distinctive plant fiber pompoms edging the three sides may be mud dyed. Black color is introduced to one side in both circles and also in the figure eight motifs.