A LINEAR DESIGN NDOP PURE COTTON ANTIQUE TEXTILE, BAMILEKE TRIBE CAMEROON ( No 5071 ) MASKS This is an ingenious raffia

This is an ingenious raffia cloth fragment from the dida tribe of the Ivory Coast

some distress only

Striking example with natural branch form depicting an animal head

Ex Aus-tralian collection

A LINEAR DESIGN NDOP PURE COTTON ANTIQUE TEXTILE, BAMILEKE TRIBE CAMEROON ( No 5071 ) MASKS This is an ingenious raffialarge abstract Ndop, strip weave fabric from Cameroon, West Africa. It is old and made using pure, hand spun cotton. Dyed with indigo using a resist dye process that uses raffia thread. Women artisans stitch in the geometrical resist design pattern, which is then dipped in indigo. In good original condition with wear. Height approx 240 x 80cm