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Basotho blanket pattern designer

Also known as Mokhahlo · Seanamarena

Basotho blanket pattern designer: photograph by Martina Buchmann Schärli
Photo: Martina Buchmann Schärli, CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Choose a base stripe and place bold geometric motifs and colour bands so the blanket's pattern matches a target design or a customer order.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Lesotho.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Africa: Southern Africa.

Sources

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