Patolu

Cleveland Museum of Art

Red rectangular textile with frayed edges, featuring a repeating pattern of black and gold elephants with ornate saddles. The elephants have their trunks down and walk to the right. Each elephant has a tree-like structure on its back with two large animals on top. The background of the textile is red with a repeating pattern of small gold and black designs. A thick border surrounds the edges, with a thinner border inside, both featuring geometric patterns in red, gold, and black. The inner border has a repeating pattern of triangles and diamonds. The outer border is solid red with thin gold stripes. The textile appears to be a traditional Patolu textile by an unknown artist.