A jibba tunic of various coloured panels sewn onto a cream quilted ground. Some panels partially embroidered with polychrome threads.

Jibba tunics are comprised of colourful woollen patches sewn onto a cotton shirt. They are closely associated with Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed 'Mahdi' (redeemer) of Sudan. The Mahdi and his Sufi followers wore agged, frequently-patched clothing known as muraqqa’a as an indication that they rejected worldly possessions, but after the Mahdi's death, the tunics developed into the more formal and purely decorative jibba style.