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Kuba Cloth 001

$3600 AUD · In stock

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The Kuba people of central Congo are highly regarded for their raphia work, weaving 'dance skirts' on single-heddle looms. The panels are individually woven, they are decorated with different techniques; embroidery, appliqué patchwork, drawn-thread work and then sewn together to form one longer piece of cloth, always hemmed and naturally dyed. These long wrap-over skirts are worn by both men and women at dance ceremonies, but the patterns differ for each sex. This particular piece is a woman's skirt from the sub-tribe 'Bushoong', complex symbolic patterns are embroidered with black-dyed raphia

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