Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Kente Cloth


Rex displaying bright Kente cloth, hand woven in strips and sewn together




More Kente Cloth


Weaving Loom


Worker weaving Kente Cloth, note narrow strips that are later sown together, a lot of work is done with the feet to move the loom as the bobbin is moved back and forth

3 comments:

Kassie Jane said...

So they can write anything in the cloth . . . they just have to weave it in?

KGB said...

yup! A church member has made a business of making ties and banners and he is the one who makes the missionary banners. Elder Brown's black and white tie in the updated photo of us was made by him.

Anonymous said...

Pretty cool!