What if we measured the wealth of nations by the number of indigenous motifs it has? Or the cultural history within those?

Would we be fighting the same wars?

Here is a Fulani blanket with an amazing array of motifs!

VINTAGE FULANI WEDDING BLANKET 2

VINTAGE FULANI WEDDING BLANKET 2

VINTAGE FULANI WEDDING BLANKET 2

VINTAGE FULANI WEDDING BLANKET 2

See more of this rich textile from the Fulani people of Mali here on wovensouls.com

 

jm

April 2018

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