Textiles of Africa
Textile Heritage - an introduction
Adinkra cloth printed with Calabash stamps from Ashanti in Ghana
African tie dye textiles
Bida cloth from Nigeria
Checkerboard textile from Burkina Faso
Fulani hand-woven woolen camel blanket from Sahara desert
Indigo-dyed Adire cloth from Nigeria
Kente cloth from Ghana
Kente textile from Ghana
Kuba cloth from Congo (DRC)
Kuba cloth from Congo Zaire
Kuba Pile cloth from Congo (DRC)
Madagascar Lamba Mena raw silk textile
Mud cloth from Mali
Nubian woven palm fibre mat
Okene cloth from Nigeria
Okene cloth from Nigeria
The African Textiles Tour starts in the main lobby of the Nairobi Serena Hotel with an extensive display on pillars and walls of stunning cloths woven of palm fibre by men and women in the Congo (DRC). Corridors in each of the six floors of the hotel have textiles from major cultures of Africa, including the beaded leather skirts of the Maasai women of Kenya (with photo of Maasai bride by Carol Beckwith). Other floors include royal textiles from the Ashanti of Ghana and the raw silk of the Merino in Madagascar, “mudcloth” from Mali, sumptuous woven textiles in strips by men or Nigeria or on wide looms by Nigerian women.
The African Textiles Tour starts in the main lobby of the Nairobi Serena Hotel with an extensive display on pillars and walls of stunning cloths woven of palm fibre by men and women in the Congo (DRC). Corridors in each of the six floors of the hotel have textiles from major cultures of Africa, including the beaded leather skirts of the Maasai women of Kenya (with photo of Maasai bride by Carol Beckwith). Other floors include royal textiles from the Ashanti of Ghana and the raw silk of the Merino in Madagascar, “mudcloth” from Mali, sumptuous woven textiles in strips by men or Nigeria or on wide looms by Nigerian women.
