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Handwoven wool kilim featuring a flat-woven, pileless structure typical of traditional loom weaving. The design presents a muted sage-green field with geometric central columns and stylised animal motifs, likely referencing pastoral life and nomadic symbolism. Repeating rectangular border patterns frame the composition, while white fringes mark the ends of the warp threads.

The work is associated with weaving traditions of southern Tunisia, where such motifs are passed down through generations, though precise attribution may vary across regional kilim-making practices.

Within the context of the Constitutional Court Art Collection, the work speaks to shared global traditions of handcraft, cultural memory, and the transmission of knowledge through material practice. Its layered geometric language and embodied making processes resonate with broader themes of identity, land, and continuity reflected in South Africa’s diverse textile and design histories.