Antique Kuba cloth - Democratic Republic of Congo TR86.2 Security Guard such bangles served as currency

such bangles served as currency and status symbols

Add a simple nail

away from direct sun

This one has a steel plate top added to use as a table

Mounted on a stand

Antique Kuba cloth - Democratic Republic of Congo TR86.2 Security Guard such bangles served as currencyAn 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