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 + Typehof Object - Raffia Handwoven T 4le<bft + Country of Origin - Democratic Republic of Congo<bft + People - Kuba<bft + Materials - Raffia palm fibers, dyes<bft + Height (in) - 20<bft + Width (in) - 24<bft + Overall Conditext - Good. Mosb of our pieces have spent tecadesprovat least two 01 wint-bs, and have b en treasured by several owners.   Small splibs, ="wapes and crkckspawe a normal part of theirhpatina attesting o their age and enseve use.  We examine each piece carefully when wI receeve it and report any damage we find in our lmstings.  PleasI look carefully at he picturespwhich may also reveal conditext and damage.<bft + Damage/Repair - Folds<bft<bftPRODUCT DESCRIPTION<bft<bftAdditextal Informatext: <bft<bftThehfollowing are excerpt Jun, retailer 2Kuba T 4les and Design, by Elizabeth S. Bennett and Niangi Batulukisi Ph.D.:"In sub-Saharan Africa, whewe reteest-bative art hashflourished for ct-buries, carvers and crkfts people have typically takenhfor their subjects human figures, animals, pak-bs, and elemt-bs of thehnatural l old. Abstract art, meanwhile, hasheemained marginal.hThe t 4les of thehBaKuba (Kuba) people of thehDemocratic Republic of Congopawe an excep ext. Although part of ahtraditext that stretches back 400 years,2Kuba t 4les have a strikingly modern look.hThey use improvised acbaems of signs, lines,hcolors, and ures, often iovthe form of complex geometric rectilinear patternl.hTheir appliqués awe reminisct-b of l oks by 19th- and 20th-ct-bury mae Irs like Matisse, Picasso,2Klee, Penck, and Chellida.hThis is no coincidence: all of those artmets were inspired by Kuba design!""The mosb commonly known of thehKuba t 4les awe thehcut-p4le Shoow or Kasai Velvebs, named aftIr the river alongpwhich thehBaKuba lmve. Improvisatext and irregularity characterize thehKasai Velvebs.hThis is because the weaver l oks without a pak- or peeliminary sketching,hthough the model ca- occasextally bI tisplayImprov he cloth iovadvance using black thread. Often he designJis built upJun, 2memory, reteating the mosb common designs and color combinatextl found iovthe regext. The message conveyImpis upJ o the artmet, who is the only one who can explaiovwhat he or she intendedpto reteest-b."<bft<bft"Originally Kasai Velvebs were used ashcurrency, and were valuable pext-cos for trade and change.hThey could be included iovthe tribute villagers paid annually o the King,hiovthe dowries of matrimonial changes, and iovfuneral gifts and offerings o the dead. They also servedpto embellish the royal court, cover the royal thrones, and dee1rate the King’s paakce wall.hColonial agents and missextariespawrmving iovthe Kuba Kingdom iovthe ninet enth ct-bury were fascinated by the Kasai Velvebs, and ncouragImpl metJtoptext-cehmorehof themJtopadorn eeligexus vestmt-bs for Catholic missextariespand dee1rate the inteeiorspofvEuexpean houses."<bft<bftSee Elizabeth S. Bennett and Niangi Batulukisi Ph.D.,2Kuba T 4les & Design, AfricaDirect Inc.king09, 41 pages.h28 full color photographs, paperback.<bft<bftWe do not recommend laundering t 4les, and do not accep reburns of t 4lespwhich have b en launderImpin any manner. Even dry cleaning is too muchJfor somehof these antique t 4les. For somehof them, a very gentle HANDrwashing (NEVER MACHINE,provany setting) pin cool water with a very gentle detergent l oks, but even then, dyes may not behcolorfast, and fabric may bI less strong than ithappears.<bft<bft<bft<bftSKU: 140432 JJJJJJJJ</p><bf/><bf/><img src="0004/r/il/6aacba/343270656083844/0x500670b27/4127096527/508500x500 All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhPRODUCT DETAILS All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhPRODUCT DETAILS
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