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Hand-beaten tree-bark, painted with organic pigments. Approx. cm. 78,0 x 40,0 (30.71 x 15.75 Inches). Mbuti Mbuti people, one of the oldest indigenous people of the Congo region of Africa, are one of several indigenous pygmy groups. They arehunter-gatherers that live in the Ituri rainforest. The Mbuti are composed of bands which...
Cotton finely embroidered with metallic silver thread. Approx cm. 65,0 high x cm. 35,0 width (25.59" x 13.78"). The women explain their observance of the veil in terms of beauty, not the Islamic religion. "We feel you are more beautiful when you wear a veil," Mrs. Hamida said. "When we are 5...
Mid 20th century. Wool. Approximately cm. 98,0 x 28,0 (38.58” x 11.02”). This fabric has been professionally washed; excellent conditions. The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their myths, legends and history span 9,000 years, back to the Proto-Mediterraneans. They have achieved unity by keeping up...
Wool. Excluding fringes approximately, cm. 150,0 high x cm. 140,0 width (59.06” x 55.12”). Beautiful women's headgear from the Ida Ou Zeddoute tribe. You can see a similar piece on page 118 of “African Textiles: Colour and Creativity Across a Continent”, by John Gillow. morr21
Silk and cotton; cm. 310,0 high x cm. 205,0 width (122.05" x 80.71"). Good overall conditions (small imperfections and signs due to age and use). The word "Kente" which means basket comes from the Akan or Ashanti dialect. Akans also refer to Kente as nwentoma, which means woven cloth.Kente cloth is deeply intertwined with...
Hand-beaten tree-bark, painted with organic pigments. Approx. cm. 81,0 x 42,0 (31.89 x 16.54 Inches). Mbuti people, one of the oldest indigenous people of the Congo region of Africa, are one of several indigenous pygmy groups. They arehunter-gatherers that live in the Ituri rainforest. The Mbuti are composed of bands which...
Wool. Approx. cm. 160,0 high x 130,0 width (62.99” x 51.18”). Excellent conditions. The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their myths. Legends and history span 9,000 years, back to the Proto-Mediterraneans. They have achieved unity by keeping up their unique language and...
Early to mid 20th. Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 140,0 x cm. 70,0. The Kuba (or Bakuba) peoples are famous for producing beautiful fabrics made from fibers of the palm Raphia Vinifera by a long and complex process that includes the participation of men, women and children belonging to the same family. Each piece must be soaked, beaten, and then worked and scraped by hand, so as to assume its typical characteristics of fine silk-like. m21
Approx. cm. 90,0 high x cm. 46,0 width (35.43" x 18.11"). 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 Libyan people of the kingdom of the Garamantes, described by Herodotus. Tuareg are mostly nomads. For over two millennia, the...
Glass beads, cowrie shells, wool. The piece is approx cm. 130,0 in lenght (51.18"). Grams 634,0 (22.36 oz.). Excellent general conditions; some beads have been lost. The Rashaida is a tribe of ethnic Bedouin Arabs descending from Hawazin native to the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. In 1846, many Rashaida migrated from...
