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$95.00
Woven from strands of raffia palm leaves, this vintage Kuba cloth reflects the traditional fabric traditions of the Kuba people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a typically bordered square with rough textural surfaces interspersed with repeated geometric patterns and embellished with sophisticated embroidered, applique and patchwork linear designs of interlocking meandering patterns of vegetable dye shades of dark brown and ivory in a natural flat-weave pattern framed with tufted-cut pile raffia and applique.
See other African textiles, Vintage Kuba Cloth Rectangular Textile and Yoruba Cowrie Shells Crown for complementary accessories.
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$95.00
Woven from strands of raffia palm leaves, this vintage Kuba cloth reflects the traditional fabric traditions of the Kuba people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a typically bordered square with rough textural surfaces interspersed with repeated geometric patterns and embellished with sophisticated embroidered, applique and patchwork linear designs of interlocking meandering patterns of vegetable dye shades of dark brown and ivory in a natural flat-weave pattern framed with tufted-cut pile raffia and applique.
See other African textiles, Vintage Kuba Cloth Rectangular Textile and Yoruba Cowrie Shells Crown for complementary accessories.
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$785.00
This vintage handmade crown-like cowry-covered cylindrical crown called an ile ori, is a mixed-media shrine made to manifest ideas of individuality and authority among the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The headdress is round, divided into sections, and with four upward pointed and curved triangular panels leaning inward and set in a sea of arranged cowries. The flat-topped symbolic crown is made with a wide rectangular cutout for viewing. As it is handmade, the size, placement, and tones of the cowries may vary, but the design is very impressive. This headdress was included in the San Francisco International Airport, “Crowning Achievements”, exhibit in April-August, 1994. The headdress is in good shape with a dark patina showing age and use, some leather bindings lifting, minor insect damage to the fabric, scrapes on the leather, and some missing cowry shells. It comes with a lucite stand.
See other African textiles, Vintage Kuba Cloth Square and Vintage Kuba Cloth Rectangular Textile for complementary accessories.
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