Dogon Handbag The Alpha Daouna school was

The Alpha Daouna school was one of the schools that we helped during the COVID outbreak in Timbuktu

This item is a 153 cm (60 inch) by 127 cm (50 inch) piece of hand dyed cotton Dogon indigo fabric from Dogon Country in Mali

Photo taken by Fatouma Harber in Timbuktu

The original version is housed at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

In this excerpt of the Catalan Atlas

Dogon Handbag The Alpha Daouna school wasOk, this doesn't come from Timbuktu. It comes from Dogon Country, a bit south and west of Timbuktu. Like Timbuktu, tourism in Dogon Country has fallen off a cliff. The insecurity in the north and center of Mali has spoiled the livelihoods of so many. Phil's wife is from Koro, a village on the edge of Dogon Country, near the Burkina Faso border. She has been making these handbags and selling them locally, but we wanted to share them with a broader