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an old blue and white cloth with designs on it

This splendid piece of resist-stitched, indigo-dyed cloth is known as ndop, and such cloths tell a remarkable story relating to trade within Africa. Cloths such as this example was produced by the Bamileke people of the Cameroon grasslands. The example here comprises at least 19 narrow panels of strip-woven cotton cloth, most probably woven in … Read more

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an old piece of cloth with designs on it

Old and worn. Salvaged and distressed. Perfectly gorgeous textile fragments from West Africa Our creative followers and customers are always hunting for interesting materials. So are we on our travels around West Africa. When we're in Accra, Magie just loves diving into Kwasi's scrap pile and digging out old bits of textile treasure. She never knows what she'll unearth: Old Ewe and Ashanti Kente from Ghana Handwoven Bondoukou from Côte d'Ivoire Indigo dyed strip cloth from across West Africa…

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a man sitting on the ground next to an open fire pit with clothes hanging from it

Our Fabric is the highest quality 100% Cotton pieces sourced across West Africa. We sell a variety of fabric from intricately patterned Indigo Fabric that has been hand dyed by artisans at the ancient Kofar Mata Dye Pits to beautifully patterned "African Print" or Wax Printed Cotton made and printed in Africa.

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Ashanti Kente Cloth featured in "Measure of Earth: Textiles and Territory in West Africa" opening at the African American Cultural Center Gallery (Sept 19 - Dec 18, 2013) | Gregg Museum of Art & Design | www.ncsu.edu/gregg | NC State University

Ashanti Kente Cloth featured in "Measure of Earth: Textiles and Territory in West Africa" opening at the African American Cultural Center Gallery (Sept 19 - Dec 18, 2013) | Gregg Museum of Art & Design | www.ncsu.edu/gregg | NC State University

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a multicolored quilt with squares on it

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