Natural Indigo Fabric from Guinea #320 Black Vintage carved wooden rounded rectangular

Vintage carved wooden rounded rectangular shaped bowl container with leather strap from the Turkana tribe in Kenya

but a vessel of profound cultural and spiritual significance

Dyed with natural indigo

or powders

but a powerful symbol of love

Natural Indigo Fabric from Guinea #320 Black Vintage carved wooden rounded rectangularThis gorgeous piece of indigo was made near Conakry, Guinea, West Africa. Beginning with a base fabric of machine made cotton jacquard "bazin", the intricate patterns are stitched and tied by hand on the undyed cloth. Many times into the indigo dye bath creates an amazingly dark cloth. Many piece of this cloth still have the remnants of the original tying materials, left in to show the authenticity of the handwork done in preparation for dyeing. This