Vintage Kuba Cloth Panel

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A beautiful vintage kuba cloth panel. Traditional Kuba cloth hand made from the indigenous people of the Congo. The process … more A beautiful vintage kuba cloth panel. Traditional Kuba cloth hand made from the indigenous people of the Congo. The process of making Kuba Cloth is extremely time consuming. The fabric is created from leaves of the raffia tree and then dyed from natural vegetable dye mud or indigo. Each pattern has great meaning of social status, age, marital status, or personal characteristics of tribal families. less