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African Textiles

Kente Cloth

  • Royal cloth of Ghana
  • Patterns are woven with brightly colored yarn
  • Long strips are sewn together to make cloth

Adinkra

  • from Ghana
  • printed with stamps
  • traditional symbols

Adire Cloth

  • From Nigeria
  • Indigo dye
  • Patterns are painted to resist the dye

Mud Cloth

  • Made in Mali
  • Men weave cotton strips
  • Women paint mud dye on fabric, leaving white line designs

Kuba Cloth

  • From the People's Republic of the Congo
  • Woven of palm fiber
  • Decorated with dyed palm fiber sewn in patterns and cut to create a texture
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