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17th century (inventory date) kongo textiles Luigi Pigorini National Museum
-most of these were imported from loango or mimicked loango styles different cloths were fashioned for different classes, those reserved for the elite were't for sale and were highly ornamented and well
-most of these were imported from loango or mimicked loango styles different cloths were fashioned for different classes, those reserved for the elite were't for sale and were highly ornamented and well
designed the rest were sold and the used as currency (so valuable that soldiers employed by the portuguese at the port could only accept payment in these)
the diamond patterns were derived from earlier pottery designs; in"The kingdom of Kongo : from majesty to revolt" from
the diamond patterns were derived from earlier pottery designs; in"The kingdom of Kongo : from majesty to revolt" from
"a fistful of shells", T. Green describes how the cowrie and loango's libongo cloth lost value in kongo as the portuguese brought shiploads of the shells from brazil debasing the local nzimbu shells and the libongo imports from loago in the 17th century
