Collected in 1959 in the former Belgium Congo.
Imaginative geometric patterns in various shades of brown, beige and black.
The Shoowa are a sub-group of the Kuba and are famous for their raphia mats.
Collectively known as “Kasai velvets”, they were used as a form of primitive money, that reflected a families wealth and status within the community and among other things where used as a payment for a bride.
