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Ugandan Mutuba Barkcloth — Cover

About Ugandan Mutuba Barkcloth

Olubugo — Ugandan bark cloth — is made by beating the inner bark of the mutuba fig tree with grooved wooden mallets until it stretches into wide terracotta-orange sheets. For over six centuries the Baganda people have refined this craft, draping kings at coronation and wrapping the departed at burial.

This design system channels the raw warmth of hand-beaten barkcloth: irregular fiber texture, terracotta ground, sparse composition where material itself is the pattern. It draws from UNESCO-inscribed heritage and the modern revival led by designers like José Hendo.

Learn more about the Ugandan Mutuba Barkcloth style

Origin
Central Uganda, Buganda kingdom (Mukono, Mpigi, Mityana)
Era
pre-15th century origin; peak Buganda kingdom 1700s–1880s; UNESCO inscription 2008
Key figures
Kabaka of Buganda · José Hendo · Ssemambo clan barkcloth makers · Venny Nakazibwe
Movements
Buganda court regalia · East African textile heritage · contemporary slow fashion revival

Ugandan Mutuba Barkcloth design spec

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Typography

Crimson ProHeadings
SpectralBody
JetBrains MonoMono
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