Vintage Showa cloth - 44.1

  Showa cloth from the Democratic Republic of Congo are made from raffia cut-pile cloths, woven by Kuba men & embroidered by women with no stitching visible on the back. Highly prized for their complex geometric patterns, with inventive rythm & balance, they are uniquely individual designs, the Kuba people traded them as currency. Size:  ∼130cm x 68cm