Kuba Cloth

Kuba Cloth Table Runner – Using the leaf of the raffia tree, the Kuba people of the Congo first hand cut and then weave strips of leaf to make a piece of fabric.  The process of making Kuba cloth is extremely time consuming and may take several days to form a simple placemat size piece.  The men of the tribe physically make the cloth and then it is up to the women of the tribe to decorate it.