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Gonja cloth

Gonja · Gonja / Savannah Region · Textile

Hand-woven cotton strip cloth from Gonjaland: narrow strips woven on strip looms are sewn together into larger pieces, often dyed with indigo. Daboya is described as the main centre of production, and the cloth is used for smocks (fugu) and other garments.

The tailor sewed narrow strips of Gonja cloth together to make a smock.

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