SUNO Fashion
Social Fabric: Africa's Textiles Today
The British Museum
Curated by Chris Spring
14 Feb - 21 April 2013
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Square printed cloth from Comoros Islands, type which has been traded by the Portuguese to Eastern Africa for centuries.
Two Makua women of northern Mozambique in the late 19th century wearing head scarves known as lenço and wrap around cloth capulana. The ‘Paisley’ pattern worn by the woman on the left became immensely popular in eastern Africa because of its similarity to the shape of the cashew nut which symbolises wealth and fertility.
Printed cloth Samakaka worn by men and women of the Herero people of Angola
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