Berber Fini Size:8X10' with bold bands of color

with bold bands of color that radiate warmth and positivity

Then the entire front surface is hand-embroidered using a 2

Nineteen colors expertly knotted in bamboo silk

artists used a plant indigenous to Egypt

Nineteen colors in total

Berber Fini Size:8X10' with bold bands of colorCaravans regularly traveled across the Sahara, trading essential commodities like salt and grain. By 1,100 CE, Timbuktu in Mali transitioned from a semi nomadic settlement into a permanent, vital port on the deserts edge. Bogolanfini, or Mud cloth, originated in Mali around this same time. Bogolanfini combined weaving narrow strips of cloth, finimugu, sewing them together and using fermented mud to make patterns with meaningful symbols. Bordering Mali