Stripweave

Stripweave is a textile technique in which large numbers of thin strips of cloth are sewn together to produce a finished fabric.

Most stripweave is produced in West Africa from handwoven fabric, of which the example best known internationally is the kente cloth of Ghana.

[1] The earliest evidence of this traditional technique dates to the eleventh century among the Tellem people of Mali.

[2] Cotton, silk, and rayon are the usual fibers for stripweave garment production.

[2] Wool is also in use for stripweave blankets by the Fulani people in Mali.