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Vintage African Kuba Cloth Woven Panels

Item Details

A pair of vintage African Kuba cloth panels from the Congo Republic. The distinctively graphic panels, each in a pattern of diamonds and zig zag lines, are hand woven by Bakuba men using vegetable dyed raffia palm leaves on hand looms, Bakuba women embroider the panels, each panel a unique work of art. Traditionally, the versatile cloth was used for clothing, mats and even currency. Both panels in natural tans and browns are a complex pattern of both flat weaving and cut fibers. Please note several other panels are offered as items #17DCC093-696 and 698.

Dimensions

17.0" W x 16.0" H x 0.25" D

The second panel measures 16″ × 17″.

Item #

17DCC093-697

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