West african textiles

Our Fabric is the highest quality 100% Cotton pieces sourced across West Africa. We sell a variety of fabric from intricately patterned Indigo Fabric that has been hand dyed by artisans at the ancient Kofar Mata Dye Pits to beautifully patterned "African Print" or Wax Printed Cotton made and printed in Africa.

Kente cloth

This splendid piece of resist-stitched, indigo-dyed cloth is known as ndop, and such cloths tell a remarkable story relating to trade within Africa. Cloths such as this example was produced by the Bamileke people of the Cameroon grasslands. The example here comprises at least 19 narrow panels of strip-woven cotton cloth, most probably woven in … Read more

Taken by Tjaart van Staden Green Market Square, Cape Town. Interesting textures and patterns to be found in textiles made from natural fibres.

caseworkpdx: “African Mud Cloth ”

Detail: Ewe kente man's cloth, fine supplementary weft float motifs, mid C20th. William Itter Collection, USA.

Shop handmade fair trade African storage baskets, gifts, home decor, tea, sauces, and spices at Swahili Modern. Our African collections includes handmade baskets and hampers from Senegal, Bolga baskets from Ghana, Makenge wedding baskets from Zambia, and Iringa baskets from Tanzania.

Tribal motifs in brown and white | seamless pattern | line art | motifs | african