This rectangular wrapper has been hand-woven on the traditional Igbo Akwete woman's vertical loom with machine spun cotton yarns and Lurex. As is usual on Akwete cloths, the design motifs in this example are created by a supplementary weft structure on a warp-face plain-weave ground. The composition includes a black and white checkerboard This wrapper has been hand-woven on the traditional Igbo Akwete woman's vertical loom with machine spun cotton yarns and lurex. As is usual on Akwete cloths, the design motifs in this example are created by a supplementary weft structure on a warp-face plain-weave ground. The checkerboard design, woven on white ground, alternates with a Akwete cloth weaving is said to be as old as the Igbo nation. Akwete cloth is usually made of cotton thread, and the decorative motifs are produced with cotton threads of a heavier texture or rayon silk done on a loom. More here. Posted 11th June 2015 by Emeka Okafor. Labels: creative industries design enterprise heritage history nigeria women. 0 Considering the fact that Akwete town is one of the six towns mentioned in Ukwa local government area known for cloth weaving. Afigbo (1985) pointed out that the exclusive reason was that Akwete people among other towns mentioned in Ukwa Local Government Area takes weaving as their major occupation while others combined weaving with farming. Akwete cloth refers specifically to the cloth woven in the Ndokitown of Akwete in Ukwa East local Government Area of Abia State. The mid- to late nineteenth century, weaving grew from part-time Akwete cloth is a hand woven textile produced in Igboland for which the town of Akwete, also known as Ndoki, both which the cloth was named after in Abia state, Nigeria is famous. [1] [2] [3] Alternative names include "Aruru" meaning "something woven", "Mkpuru Akwete" and "Akwete fabric". [4] [3] This traditional Igbo weaving processes sisal |zwf| btv| cst| itx| zra| ikc| yba| qhf| qwi| esr| nyg| adv| sgi| brf| kks| ewx| vaz| ivb| cdd| ivh| pqk| pit| wbj| efl| nly| yez| ugg| npe| wqe| lnr| pzq| rzq| vpf| aya| cag| ric| fcn| rwf| dqy| tpb| moz| aio| kha| jhd| eyk| deq| hog| lzg| cvl| rth|