Hunter's shirt, 32 x 51 1/4 in. ( x cm), Cotton, pigment, animal hide, mirrors, animal teeth and claws, shells, metal, Mali, In most traditional West African societies, hunters are considered to possess exceptional physical and supernatural power. The clothes they wear—shirts, tunics, and caps—symbolize their aggressiveness and 'otherness.' In the past, experienced hunters also were leading warriors and strategists. This shirt's cotton is dyed using mud to form the thin, black lines. Traditional elements are the leather strips, mirrors, and little boxes containing quotations

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