Indigenous Grid
Indigenous Grid, Helen IhediwaExploring traditional patterns, symbols, textiles, and artifacts from cultures around the world and why they were made
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The Tuareg | Ehan (Ehel) - Architecture as Women's Ownership
Last week, we looked at the tagelmust, the indigo veil that marks Tuareg men and stains their identity into their skin. This week, we’re studying something that belongs exclusively to women: the tent.
Fifteen women sit in a circle in the s...
The Tuareg | The Tagelmust
We’re beginning June’s exploration of the Tuareg design intelligence with the most recognizable symbol of their culture: the tagelmust, the indigo veil that gave them the name “Blue People of the Sahara.”
This is about an object that trans...
The Tuareg | Introduction: Design Intelligence from the Sahara
For over a thousand years, the Tuareg have moved across one of the harshest environments on Earth, navigating territories that now span Algeria, Libya, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. They are Berber pastoralists who turned scarcity into a d...
Ashante Empire | Akua'ba Dolls
“Akua’ba” comes from a legend about a woman named Akua who couldn’t conceive and she desperately wanted a child. She consulted a priest or traditional healer who instructed her to commission a small wooden figure and carry it as if it were...
Ashante Empire | Brass Ritual Vessels (Kuduo)
Two men stand before the chief, both claiming the same piece of land. They’ve argued for weeks. Each accuses the other of lying about where the boundary sits, about which family cleared the forest first, about who planted the first yams.
T...
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