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  2. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    A greater variety in the patterns and functions exist in Ewe kente, and the symbolism of the patterns often has more to do with daily life than with social standing or wealth. Dagbon: The people are specialised in weaving the Chinchini. This African textile is used to weave the Ghanaian Smock. Queens, princesses and women of Dagbon wear the ...

  3. Akwete cloth - Wikipedia

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    Akwete cloth is a hand woven textile produced in Igboland for which the town of Akwete, also known as Ndoki, both which the cloth was named after in Abia state, Nigeria is famous. [1] [2] [3] Alternative names include "Aruru" meaning "something woven", "Mkpuru Akwete" and "Akwete fabric".

  4. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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    African waxprints, West Africa Waxprints sold in a shop in West Africa Lady selling colourful waxprint fabrics in Togo "Afrika im Gewand - Textile Kreationen in bunter Vielfalt", African Textiles Exhibition Museum der Völker 2016. African wax prints, Dutch wax prints [1] [2] or Ankara, [3] are a type of common material for clothing in West Africa.

  5. Kuba textiles - Wikipedia

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    Among the Kuba it is the men who do the weaving, and the women do the embroidery and applique' work to their textiles. An embroidered raffia cloth from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum Kuba textiles are a type of raffia cloth unique to the Democratic Republic of the Congo , formerly Zaire , and noted for their elaboration and complexity of ...

  6. Aso oke - Wikipedia

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    Aso Oke sewn into Agbada outfit and Fila Traditional Yoruba women's garment. Aso oke fabric, (Yoruba: aṣọ òkè, pronounced ah-SHAW-okay) is a hand-woven cloth that originated from the Yoruba people of Yorubaland within today's Nigeria, Benin and Togo.

  7. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

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    Sotho woman wearing a brown shweshwe dress. Shweshwe (/ ˈ ʃ w ɛ ʃ w ɛ /) [1] is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Southern African clothing. [2] [3] Originally dyed indigo, the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns.

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