African Cotton Tie Dye Fabric #165 Gold Vintage acacia wood container with

Vintage acacia wood container with lid

Recycled out of cast off bottles and windshield glass in Krobo Odumase

13" length

believed to bring about a healthy pregnancy and safe childbirth

Handcrafted by skilled artisans using traditional techniques

African Cotton Tie Dye Fabric #165 Gold Vintage acacia wood container with100% cotton Bazin jacquard. Preshrunk. Machine wash and dry. This cloth begins as a solid colored piece which is then intricately folded. The folds are held in place by clamping, stitching or tying. The fold create a resist area where the original color of the cloth is preserved. The cloth is hand dipped into a dye bath, unfolded and retied or folded for another layer of color. Some pieces make as many as 5 trips to the dye bath before being rinsed,