Spinning, weaving and sewing are gender specific tasks. Women hand spin yarn of locally grown cotton while menfolk continue the process by weaving the undyed yarn into long but narrow strips using a hand held, double heddle loom. They then sew the strips together, selvedge to selvedge, to produce large cloths which can be used for garments for either sexes. This final result is called finimougou which is prewashed and shrunk for use in either its uncolored state or taken to be dyed in the elaborate process that characterizes bogalanfini. This fabric will be soaked in brown liquid which is colored by the leaves from the n'gallama tree giving the cloth a distinctive strong yellow base. The yellow color does not appear in the finished article but it significantly contributes to the process, acting as a fixative for the colors to come... the tannic acid in the tea combines with the iron oxide in the mud to create the familiar dark brown/black background color we associate with bogolanfini.