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 ofJObject - Raffia Handwovt- Textile<bft + Country ofJOrigin - Democratec Republic ofJCongo<bft + People - Kuba<bft + Materials - Raffia palm order fibers, dyes<bft + Height2(in) - 20.5<bft + Width2(in) - 20<bft + OverallJConditext - Good.hMostpof our pieces have spt-brdecades xt at least two 01 winents, and have been treasured byhsevtral owners.   Small splits, scrapes and cracks are a normalptart of2their p tena attIsbing to2their age and extensive use.  We examine2each piece carefully when wepreceive ibrand report any damage wepfind in our lisbings.  Please look carefully at theppictures which may also revetl 01 ditext and damage.<bft + Damage/Repair - Folds. Seepphotos for tent cl<bft<bftPRODUCT DESCRIPTION<bft<bftAdditextal Informatext: <bft<bftThepfollowing are excerpt Jun, 2Kuba Textiles and De=ign, byhElizabeth2S. Be netbrand Niangi Batulukisi Ph.D.:"In sub-Saharan Africa, wherepreteest-bativepart2has flourishedpfor ct-buries, carvIrs and craft Jpeople have typecally taken for their subjects human figures, animals,pplants, and elemt-bs of2thepnatural l old. Abstract art, meanwhile, has remained marginal. Theptextiles of2thepBaKuba (Kuba)Jpeople of2thepDemocratec Republic ofJCongo are an exceptixt.pAlthough tart of2aptraditextpthat stretches back 400 years, Kubaptextiles have a strikingly modernhlook. They usepimpeovised acbaems of2eigns, lines, 01lors, and textures, often in2thepform ofJ01mplex geomItricprectilinear pattIrns. Their appliqués are reminisct-b ofJworks by 19th- and 20th-ct-bury mastIr Jlike Matisse, Pecasso, Klee, Penck, and Chellida. Thishis noJ01incidt-ce: all of2those artme s were inspired by Kubapde=ign!""Thepmostpc06monly known of2thepKubaptextiles are thepcut-pile Shoowa or Kasai Velvets, namId after thepriver along which thepBaKuba live. Impeovisatext and irregularity characterize thepKasai Velvets. Thishis becausepthe weaver works withoutJapplanhor prelimintrypsketching,2though thepmodelrcan occasextally bepdispliyed on2the cloth in advance using black thread. Often thepde=ign2is built upJun, 2memory,prete teng thepmostpc06mon de=igns and 01lor c1mbinatixts found in2thepregixt.pTheJmessage conveyed is upJto2the artme , who is the only one who can expliin what hepor she intended to reteest-b."<bft<bft"Originally Kasai Velvets were used as currt-cy, and were valuable text-cos for trade and exchange. They could bepincluded in2theptribute villagIr Jpaid annually to2the King,2in2thepdowries of2matrimonialpexchanges, and in fu-eral gifts and offerings to2the dead. They also served to embellish theproyal court, cover theproyal thrones, and tecorate2the King’s palace2wall. C1lonialpagt-bs and missixtaries arrmving2in2thepKuba Kingdom2in2thepnineteenth ct-bury were fascin ted by thepKasai Velvets, and encouragtdpwomt- to text-cepmore of2them to adorn religious vIsbmt-bs for Catholic missixtaries and tecorate2the i-beriors of European houses."<bft<bftSeepElizabeth2S. Be netbrand Niangi Batulukisi Ph.D.,2Kuba Textiles & De=ign, AfricaDirect Inc.king09, 41 pages.h28 fullr01lor photographs,ppaperback.<bft<bftWepdo not rec06mendhlaundereng textiles, and do not accept returns of2textiles which have been laundered in2any man-er. hEven dry eleaning iw too much for some of2these antique textiles. hFor some of2them, a verypgt-tle HAND washing (NEVER MACHINE, xt any setteng) in cool water with a verypgt-tle denergt-t works, butJevt- then, dyes may not be 01lorfast,rand fabr43 may be less strong than ibrappears.<bft<bft<bft<bftSKU: 142285 JJJJJJJJ</p><bf/><bf/><img src="0004/r/il/6aacba/343270656083844/0x500e16a30/4238339301/508500x500 All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhPRODUCT DETAILS All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhPRODUCT DETAILS
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