Masai

[Barb T]

Actually, tartan isn't really about the weave. Tartan is woven as both twill and plain weave, although kilts are most always made from twill rather than plain weave.

[Kid Cossack]

If he's still got contacts with people over there, I'd be willing to buy some of that cloth. How cool would it be to make a kilt out of a Masai tartan?

Once upon a time I was at a primarily black breakfast joint, and the two (huge!) guys in line with me were downright curious about my kilt, and the tartan. The good news was, I was wearing my Leatherneck, and one of the guys was an Army vet, so I was able to convince him that he HAD a tartan, as much his as any MacGregor or Campbell.

[katon]

According to Wikipedia, anyway, they didn't start wearing woven clothes until the 1960s. If this is true, the tartans would be a recent innovation.

[turpin]

They are tartan because of the repeat of the pattern in both directions, but not twill weave. I have two from a trip to Kenya in 1990.