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OTOMI. The Otomi are the first largest indigenous ethnic group in Mexico, located primarily in the Sierra Madre area. Traditionally their economy was based on agriculture, which is why many of their religious beliefs and practices relate to the spirits present in the seed of cultivated plants or the…
Read MoreBoucherouite carpets (from Arabic dialect “boucharouette” which means torn material) are handmade for home use since the early ‘50s/’60s by Berber women in the Middle and High Atlas in Morocco, using recycled materials, fragments of discarded materials, cotton, synthetic fibers and…
Read MoreBogolan or Bogolanfini is a typical dye from Western Africa. Today, it is still practiced by the people of Mali (Dogon and Bambara), Burkina Faso (Bobo and Senoufo) and the Ivory Coast (Manianka and Malinka). It is a very ancient workmanship, dating back to the twelfth century. The word Bogolan…
Read MoreAfrica has been one of the most important crossroads in the international trade of beads that started in the Middle Ages, primarily between Europe, the Middle East and India. In African territory, glass was considered rarer than precious stones and so glass beads, particularly the Venetian…
Read MoreThe Kuba textiles come from a vast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo known as the Kuba territory, home to a tribal confederation made up of a dozen different people (Shoowa, Bushoong, Ngongo just to name a few). The drapes are hand-woven by men out of palm fibers and decorated…
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