Korhogo cloth is made by the Senufo people of Korhogo (Côte d’Ivoire). Emerging in its contemporary form in the late 1960s–1970s. It is crafted using hand-painted fermented mud and vegetal pigments on hand-woven cotton. Cotton strips are joined and brushed or stenciled with mud-based pigments that darken over time, producing earthy creams, browns, and bold blacks.
Similar to Bogolan in dyeing - not surprising given the proximity of Korhogo to Mali - it differs vastly in the patterns and motifs used: sun, moon, animals, and ancestral hunter figures. All reference the Senufo cosmology and are used decoratively and ritually, including as protective hangings.
