Showa cloth - 43.2 onyx 16–18cm opening)

16–18cm opening)

Create a beach or park scene where the main activity is doing absolutely nothing

Each shield is carved from a single piece of Baobab wood — a sacred wood used for medicinal and ritual purposes for centuries — then covered in thousands of small pearly black and white beads on manila string in a striking geometric design

As much a sculptural object as a piece of history

Approx size:  62cm H x 38cm D

Showa cloth - 43.2 onyx 16–18cm opening)Showa cloth from the Democratic Republic of Congo are made from raffia cut pile cloths, woven by Kuba men & embroidered by women with no stitching visible on the back. Highly prized for their complex geometric patterns, with inventive rythm & balance, they are uniquely individual designs, the Kuba people traded them as currency. Size: 130cm x 60cm