Kuba cloth - Democratic Republic of Congo TR84 Thief creating an environment that inspires

creating an environment that inspires creativity and respect for diverse traditions

Origin:  West Indies

It takes roughly three months to create each Yoruba chair as there are hundreds of thousands of beads embellishing these works of art that were traditionally used by the kings and queens of the Yoruba people in West Africa

Interchangeable plant cassettes — replant any season

ward off evil spirits that cause infertility and difficult labour

Kuba cloth - Democratic Republic of Congo TR84 Thief creating an environment that inspiresThis cloth is known as Mapela, traditionally gifted and worn at weddings. 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 red and