Raffia Vinifera fibers. 1960'. Approximately cm. 55,0 x 130,0 (21.65 x 51.18 inches). The Kuba (or Bakuba) The Kuba (or Bakuba) peoples are famous for producing beautiful fabrics (Ntchaks) from fibers of the palm Raphia Vinifera. It is tough material, difficult to work with. It is soaked for weeks, then it is kneaded, in order to soften the threads....
Early 20th century. Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 101,5 x cm. 78,5 (39.96" x 30.91"). 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...
Hand-beaten tree-bark, painted with organic pigments. Approximately cm. 106,0 x 27,5 (41.43 x 10.83 inches). This bark cloth is made by beating a layer just under the bark until it’s not thin and pliableis and is the central area of the long prom dresses for decoration and added prestige. This piece...
Early to mid 20th century. Copper, wood. Cm. 43,8 high (17.24″); weight: grams 246,9 (8.71 oz.). A knife of the Kuba (Ikula) with a hand beaten copper blade. The wooden handle is exquisitely decorated by inlaying thousands of wire bits into the wood and has a nice patina from tribal use. These knives were reserved...
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
Raffia Vinifera fibers. 1970'. Approximately cm. 67,0 x cm. 71,0 (26.38" x 27.95"). 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. 319
Early to mid 20th century. Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 66,0 x cm. 64,0 (28.98 x 25.20 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...
Raffia Vinifera fibers. Approximately cm. 352,0 x cm. 59,0 (138.58 x 23.23 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...
Raffia Vinifera fibers. 1970'. Approximately cm. 62,0 x cm. 65,0 (24.41" 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 to assume its typical characteristics of fine silk-like. 319
Una delle più interessanti produzioni tessili dell’Africa per quanto riguarda l’uso del segno è, senza dubbio, quella dei Kuba. I Kuba, costituiscono una grande confederazione tribale che risiede in Congo, nella regione del fiume Kasai, i cui principali gruppi etnici sono i bushoong, gli shoowa, gli ngongo e gli ngeende. I...
