Antique Kuba cloth - Democratic Republic of Congo TR86.2 Fun beads and copper bracelets are

beads and copper bracelets are also extensively used for mainly aesthetic purposes

handwoven from telephone wire — a craft that fuses age-old Zulu weaving techniques with modern materials to create vibrant

reflecting the artistry and cultural heritage of the region

talking and carrying little ones

Antique Kuba cloth - Democratic Republic of Congo TR86.2 Fun beads and copper bracelets areAn antique Itum cloth, traditionally worn by married women at wedding ceremonies. A handwoven Kuba cloth from the Democratic Republic of Congo, worked from the fibre of the raffia vinifera palm. Each is the result of many hands: men weave the base cloth on inclined single heddle looms, it is then pounded soft in a mortar, and the women finish it with embroidery, appliqu, patchwork and natural vegetable dyes in the Kuba palette of ivory, brown, clay