At the age of 85, Mzee Eriyazali, has been through thick and thin but has done no other business apart from bark cloth making and hunting. The old man says that girls around his home village ...

Armitage paints on lubugo cloth, which is made from fig-tree bark, in part to ground his work in East African history. His widely acclaimed work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in ...

The Unesco director general on November 25 proclaimed the art of bark cloth making in Uganda one of the 43 new masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The choice was made ...

Bark cloth While this fabric is hundreds of years old, London based Ugandan designer Jose Hendo is using bark fabric (yes, bark from trees) to create super-stylish and avant-garde outfits for the ...

Armitage paints on lubugo cloth, which is made from fig-tree bark, in part to ground his work in East African history. His widely acclaimed work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in ...

As part of our commitment to accessibility and transparency, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art is placing its collection records online. Please note that some records are incomplete ...