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Kuba Textile
Old Fine Kuba Raffia – BUSHOONG – DR Congo
Raffia Vinifera fibers. 1970′. Approximately cm. 61,0 x cm. 59,0 (24.02″ x 23.23″).
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…
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Kuba Textile
Old Fine Kuba Raffia – SHOOWA – Kasai Velvet – DR Congo
1970′. Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 69,0 x 69,0 (27.17 x 27.17 Inches).
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.
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Kuba Textile
Old Fine Kuba Raffia – SHOOWA – Kasai Velvet – DR Congo
1970′. Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 64,0 x 71,0 (25.20 x 27.95 Inches).
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.
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Kuba Textile
Old Fine Kuba Raffia – SHOOWA – Kasai Velvet – DR Congo
1970′. Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 55,0 x 61,0 (21.65 x 24.02 Inches).
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.
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Kuba Textile
Old Fine Kuba Raffia – BUSHOONG – DR Congo
Raffia Vinifera fibers. 1970′. Approximately cm. 64,0 x cm. 65,0 (25.02″ x 25.59″).
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…
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Kuba Textile
Old Fine Kuba Raffia – BUSHOONG – DR Congo
Raffia Vinifera fibers. 1970′. Approximately cm. 58,0 x cm. 63,0 (22.83″ x 24.80″).
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…
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Sculptures & Masks
Old Makonde LIPIKO Helmet Mask – Tanzania
1970′. Wood, fully covered with skin, kaolin paint, basketry. Cm. 17,0 high x cm. 25,5 width (6.69″ x 10.04″). Grams 1.398,0 (49.31 oz.).
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Bracelets & AnkletsOld Berber Hinged Bracelet – Guelmim, South Morocco
129,95€Mid 20th century. Silver, enamel. Grams 52,6 (1.86 oz.); diameter cm. 6,2 (2.44″), inner diameter cm. 5,6 (2.20″).
The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original…
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NecklacesOld Berber Necklace – Dades Valley, Morocco
179,95€Mid 20th century. Old maroccan silver coins (19th century), old glass beads. The necklace is cm. 47,5 long (18.70″); grams 94,2 (3.32 oz.).
Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They…
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Kuba Textile
Old Fine Kuba Raffia – SHOOWA – Kasai Velvet – DR Congo
Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 66,5 x 59,5 (26.18 x 23.43 Inches).
The Kuba (or Bakuba) peoples are famous for producing beautiful fabrics made from fibers of the palm Raphia Vinifera…
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Other Objects
Old Pair Weaving Stretchers – ADDADAT – 19th century – Berber – Morocco
89,95€19th century. Wood. Cm. 8,6 and cm. 9,5 high. Beautiful patina.
These weaving stretchers were used to keep the fabric at a constant width during the work.
The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known…
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FibulaeOld Pair Berber Fibulae – TIZERZAI – Tunisia / Lybia
199,95€Early to mid 20th century. Silver, traces of gilding. Each fibulae is cm 11,6 x cm. 5,6 (4.57″ x 2.20″). Gr. 48,3 (1.70 oz).
Essential feminine embellishment, the tizerzai are taken in pairs to close the coat.
Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group…
