Chiefs would routinely be buried in as many as 150 pieces, and it is said that when Kabaka Mutesa I died in 1884, his body was wrapped in 4,000 pieces of barkcloth.
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BARKCLOTH: FROM BURIALS TO HIGH FASHION
By NewVision Reporter
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In 2015, the audience at the Berlin Fashion Week saw something very few of them, if any, had seen, outfits made out of barkcloth. To many in the audience, it
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