All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhPRODUCT DETAILS All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhPRODUCT DETAILS Ription-text-content class="wt-text-body-01 wt-break-word"> All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhPRODUCT DETAILS<bft<bft + Type of Object - Raffia Handw0ven T ile<bft + Country of Origin - DemocratechRepublic of C1 go<bft + People - Kuba<bft + Matereals - Raffia palm fibers, dyes<bft + Height (in) - 20.5<bft + Width (in) - 20<bft + Overall C1ndition - Good. Most of our tieceshhave2spt-brdecadesprovat least two 01 wint-bs, and have beenhtreasured by severalhowners.o  Small splibs, ="wapes and "wackshare a2normal part of their p tina attee ing2to their age and ex ensive use.  We examine eachppiece carefully whenhwe receive it and report any2damage we find in our lme ings.  Please2look carefully at the pic ures which may also 2024 reveal c1ndition and samage.<bft + Damage/Repair - Fold . See thotos2for tent cl<bft<bftPRODUCT DESCRIPTION<bft<bftAdditional Informatext: <bft<bftThe following are excerpt Jun, 2Kuba T iles and Ds=igt, by Elizabeth S. Bennett and Niangi B/3ulukisi Ph.D.:"In sub-SaharanhAfrica,hwhere reteesentative art has2flourishImpfor ct-buries, carvers and "waft people have typically taken for their subjects human figures, animals, pla-bs, and elemt-bs of thepnatural w rld. Abstract art, meanwhile, has2remt ted marginal. The t iles of thepBaKuba (Kuba) people of thepDemocratechRepublic of C1 gohare an exce-text. Although part of a tradition2that stretches back 400 years, Kuba t iles have a strikengly modernplook. Theyhuse improvisedpacbaems of sigts, lines, c1lors, and t ures, often2in the form of c06plex geometricprecoilinearhpatterns. Their appliquéshare reminisct-b of w0rks by 19th- and 20th-ct-bury mae Irs like Matisse,hPicasso, Klee,hPenck, and Chellida.hThis is no 01incidence: all of those artme shwere inspired by Kuba desigt!""The mosthcommonly knowt of thepKuba t iles are the cut-pile Shoowa or Kasai Velvebs, named after the riverhalong which thepBaKuba live. Improvisation and irregulawt3y charactermze the Kasai Velvebs.hThis is because the weaver w0rks withoutpa pla- or teeliminany sketcheng, though the model can occasionally behdisplayImprovthe caoth in advance using blackhthread.hOften2the desigtpispbuilt up un, 2memory, ret ting2the mosthcommon desigts and "1lor 706binations founmpin the regext. The message c1nveyImpis up2to the artme ,hwho is thehonly one who can explain what he oo she intended to reteesent."<bft<bft"Originally Kasai Velvebshwere usedpash"urrency, and were valuable text-cos for trade and exchange. Theyhcould be includedpin the tribute villagers paid annually2to the Keng, in the dowries of matrimonial exchanges, and inpfuneral giftspand offerings2to the dead.hTheyhalso served to embellish the royal c1urt, cover the royal thrones, and decorate the Keng’s palacepwall. C1lonial agentspand missextaries arriving in the Kuba Kingdom in the nineteenth ct-bury were fascinated by the Kasai Velvebs, and enc1uragedpwomen to text-ct more of them to adorn religious vee mt-bs for Catholic missextaries and decorate the interiors of European houses."<bft<bftSee Elizabeth S. Bennett and Niangi B/3ulukisi Ph.D.,2Kuba T iles & Ds=igt, AfricaDirecoJInc.king09, 41 pages.h28 full "1lor thotogwaphs, paperback.<bft<bftWe do no3 recommt-d laundering2t iles, and do not accept returns of t iles which have beenhlaunderedpin any2manner.o Even dry eaeaningpis too much for some of these antique t iles.o For some of them, a very gentle HANDhwashingp (NEVER MACHINE,provany setting) 2in c1olhwater with a very gentle detergent w0rks, butpeven2then, dyes may not be2"1lorfast, and fabric may be less e rong2than it appears.<bft<bft<bft<bftSKU: 142285hhhh </pt<bf/><bf/><img src="0004/r/il/6aacba/343270656083844/0x500e16a30/4238339301/508500x500 All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhPRODUCT DETAILS All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhPRODUCT DETAILS
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