Chambray Lattice Baule Pillow Size:48" W x 12" H A specialist known as a

A specialist known as a chizmachi draws out the suzani pattern

many mothers will pass the doll on to the next generation to teach maternal care and spread good fortune

Dye vats take a full week to prepare and require daily stirring

This wooden fertility doll ornament is inspired by a traditional Ashanti Akua'ba doll

Chambray Lattice Baule Pillow Size:48" W x 12" H A specialist known as aOriginating in Cote D'Ivoire, Baule textiles are created from narrow cotton bands woven on horizontal foot treddle looms. Baule culture is heavily agricultural, and because of this, men traditionally complete most of the weaving, splitting time between their craft and work in the fields. This Baule textile was originally worn by a woman as a wraparound skirt, also referred to as a wrapper or pagne. The word pagne was a term introduced by merchants