Raffia fabric, embroidered with geometric motifs

Raffia fabric with embroidery, a so-called Kasai fabric, after the original geographical origin of the cloth. Such fabrics are used as dowries, worn as garments or intended as burial gifts. \Each cloth has a symbolic meaning and is at least a personal expression. The weaving is done by men, while women do the embroidery.\If the complex patterns are made, there is a mythology and world of thought a…