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eShopAfrica.com > Wear > Pastel Cotton Shawls
 eShopAfrica.com > Wear > Pastel Cotton Shawls
Welcome to Plain Coloured Cotton Shawls
These cotton shawls are dyed in plain colours. The West African cotton is hand-spun and woven on handlooms into strips about 3 inches wide. These are then sewn together to form one piece of cloth. At each end of the cloth there is a fringe of the same colour. These are hand made items and each one may differ slightly in size, design and colour.

Specifications
Individual measurements may vary slightly
Country of origin Mali
Content100% West African Cotton
ProcessStamp and resist dying using natural dyes
Width21in53cm
Length53in134cm
Fringe Length3in10cm
Shipping weight.50 kg

Special orders can be arranged and take up to three months. If you would like to make a special order please email us.

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Plain Coloured Mali Shawls Plain Coloured Mali Shawls
These pictures show samples of the types of pastel coloured shawls available. You will receive a variety of cloths similar, but not necessarily exactly the same, as the photographs. See below for colour selection.  

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10 Shawls for $250 ($25 each)  
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MUDP001 Pastel Cloth - pink MUDP001 Pastel Cloth - pink
 

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MUDP002 Pastel Cloth - orange MUDP002 Pastel Cloth - orange
 

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MUDP003 Pastel Cloth - purple MUDP003 Pastel Cloth - purple
 

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MUDP004 Pastel Cloth - natural MUDP004 Pastel Cloth - natural
 

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MUDP005 Pastel Cloth - ochre MUDP005 Pastel Cloth - ochre
 

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MUDP006 Pastel Cloth - burgundy MUDP006 Pastel Cloth - burgundy
 

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MUDP007 Pastel Cloth - green MUDP007 Pastel Cloth - green
 

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MUDP008 Pastel Cloth - indigo MUDP008 Pastel Cloth - indigo
 

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Wash these shawls before you wear them to get rid of the excess dye. Wash by hand in cold water and dry flat. With each wash a small amount of colour comes out and fading can occur. 

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Sorry... We have to increase our prices as electricity and fuel in Ghana have gone up. Some things now costs double what they did a year ago and so our artisans are also increasing their prices **
 
eShopAfrica.com is a pioneer of African based ecommerce. Our company is registered in Accra, Ghana and we've been trading online since 2001. We have customers all over the world ranging from individuals to businesses, collectors to museums. We also run an ecommerce consultancy service to help others trade online.
 
Our aim is to create sustainable businesses for traditional African artisans many of whom live in poverty. Arts and crafts are a valuable source of income for many Africans. Rural populations live off their creativity between harvests and urban dwellers - often women - rely on their creative skills to feed and educate their children. However they have neither the time nor resources to market their goods and quite frequently receive cost or less than cost for their work.
 
We also wish to showcase the positive, creative site of Africa. Few people have access to the scope and beauty of African artefacts and we'd like to bring them closer.
 
We want to put money and prestige back into the African artisan sector so that the world doesn't lose these valuable skills.
 
Meet some of our artisans on the About page or find out what the Media say. Check the Blog Link for our latest news.
 
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OUR FAVOURITE BOOKS
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Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative by Olaudah Equiano
 
Going into Darkness: Fantastic Coffins from Africa by Thierry Secretan
 
West Africa before the Colonial Era: A History to 1850 by Basil Davidson
 
African Civilization Revisited: From Antiquity to Modern Times by Basil Davidson
 
A Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
 

 

 

 
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