
Historically, the Kuba cloth was fashioned as a ceremonial garment and was mainly worn for wedding ceremonies and funerals. It has also been reported that the Congolese people were buried in the same cloth and the mourners also wore voluminous skirts made out of the fabric.
Genuine handwoven Kuba cloth from The Congo
Graphically distinctive and richly evocative of central Africa, Kuba cloth is handwoven using the strands from raffia palm leaves. The raffia strands are dyed in a variety of earth tones using vegetable dyes.
As this is a handmade item slight imperfections may happen.
L275cm x W54cm
Price is one Kuba cloth
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