A Venda Story

The Soutpansberg Mountains of the Limpopo Province in South Africa is the home of the Venda people, the smallest of the South Africa cultures. The Venda culture is rooted in the spirit world and finds expression in many of their art including tapestry. The design explores the most colourful part of Venda women's clothing, which is the upper garment made from multi-coloured striped cloth called “Wenda” worn by older women as a sign of womenhood. It is a length of cloth with a strip (bannda) sewn on across the top and two straps (mivhofho) of the same cloth to tie over the shoulder.

Using vertical and horizontal criss-cross lines the Venda traditional cloth is reinterpretted in a visual manner, using an abstract geometric closeup of the traditional skirt in a graphic manner. And just like the wenda was a symbol of a women's beauty into womanhood the design is one that hopes to adorn your home.

 Description:

Care:

* Scatters printed using eco friendly pigments and conventional water based screen printing inks free of solvents.

* We recommend a separate cold gentle hand wash.

* Avoid strong detergents, no bleach, no hard spinning, no excessive rubbing, no hot or industrial wash.

* Possible shrinkage of 5%