Antique Kuba cloth - Democratic Republic of Congo TR86.2 Security Guard Add a simple nail

Add a simple nail

and packed in a handcrafted wooden box and filled with dried Fynbos and paper

Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract

Size: 40cmL x 24cmW x 15cmH

such bangles served as currency and status symbols

Antique Kuba cloth - Democratic Republic of Congo TR86.2 Security Guard Add a simple nailAn antique Itum cloth, traditionally worn by married women at wedding ceremonies. A handwoven Kuba cloth from the Democratic Republic of Congo, worked from the fibre of the raffia vinifera palm. Each is the result of many hands: men weave the base cloth on inclined single heddle looms, it is then pounded soft in a mortar, and the women finish it with embroidery, appliqu, patchwork and natural vegetable dyes in the Kuba palette of ivory, brown, clay