vintage textiles

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from the fleas the last weeks

Kuba raffia cloth with cowrie shells and plastic beads embroidered
from DR Congo

a salomon printed curtain in halflinnen-like the eyes, actually I saw only them and not the roosters!

a very weird black printed curtain, it's almost too much, you really need a big room for this

brooms

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there are actually many things I'm collecting
or maybe like a lot
and then they get more over the years

I like brooms
the most beautiful one is the one I scored yesterday at the flea
for a child I think
with a fly agaric handle
he fits in my collection of mushrooms see here

the half moon one should be originally from the Balkan
and the others are as well childrens size

macrame IV details

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earrings for the queen

macrame III details

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the king has a burden to carry

shoulder piece in heavy cord

macrame II details

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the last month I did a lot of macrame
head and body pieces for a performance
I'm getting better
but
it takes hours to finish

crown for the queen
mask for the princess

"De koningin zonder land", Muziektheater Transparant

African treasures

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since a while now I'm interested in African textiles and jewelery
on the fleamarket  you can still find some very rare things
mostly from private collections of Belgium people who went before 1960 to Congo
when it still was a Belgium colony (1885-1960)

as swiss without this past I have maybe another view on the things

my little africa collection started with the monkey cape I discovered 2 years ago
beautiful but frightening as well, it's like mans hair and of course forbidden now

ebony and silver bangles
bangle out of elephant hair and ebony (as well forbidden to have!)
piece of Raffia weaving, maybe a part of a Teke chief's skirt, very fine, DR Congo
coconut bead necklace, DR Congo
comb
iron spike cache-sex for young woman, Cameroon
Tutsi baskets (Igiseke/Agaseki) without lid in plant fibres for food storage, Rwanda & Burundi