Other Textile

Cache Sexe – PIKURAN – Kirdi – CameroonCache Sexe – PIKURAN – Kirdi – Cameroon

Mid 20th century. Vegetable fibers, beads. Cm. 16,0 (6.29”) high x cm. 47,0 (18.50”) width. A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of Kirdi - which in Arabic means that infidel non-Muslim - is attributed to the many ethnic groups, animist, of Sudanese origin, who live...

Woven Straw Leather Carpet – Tuareg – NigerWoven Straw Leather Carpet – Tuareg – Niger

Approx. cm. 40,0 width x cm. 94,0 long (15.7 x 37.0 Inches) Authentic old straw mat decorated with Leather strips that form traditional Tuareg geometric designs. The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are probably descended from the ancient...