Just for fun -- Masai tartans

[Sherry]

I, too, appreciate the education available on this board. Thanks for letting us know, Matt.

Sherry

[cloves]

sorry to ressurect such an old thread. But has anybody tried making a kilt out of Masai tartan? What material is the cloth? wool?

[Blu (Ontario)]

sorry to ressurect such an old thread. But has anybody tried making a kilt out of Masai tartan? What material is the cloth? wool?

An interesting thought, but I suspect that if there was such a kilt, that it would have been built from a custom weave fabric.

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[MacWage]

Now its returned . . .

I've always wondered if the tribal African tartan-esque materials pre-dated or post-dated their contact with highland regiments.

Also, if there is a significance to either the colors or the patterns. Red=Warrior has already been said, but is there more?

Curious and Curiouser,

[cloves]

if anybody knows the answer to the pre or post question it'd be Matt Newsome. I'm just curious about what and where the "tartan-esques" are made. Right there on the savannah? on a loom? out of what?
A kilt made out of the stuff would be a really cool concept.