{"product_id":"mossi-homespun-cotton-natural-pants-burkina-faso","title":"Mossi Homespun Cotton Natural Short Pants - Burkina Faso","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis garment, loose-fitting shorts, is a contemporary garment an African tailor made out of traditional 100% cotton cloth. Although the garment is not a traditional one, the fabric from which it is made is fully traditional and the men of the Mossi tribe do wear long pants made in exactly this same way. The cloth is hand-woven in narrow bands by male weavers using the traditional double heddle dragstone loom. The cotton is locally grown then hand carded and hand spun into thread by women of the tribe. Once the bands are woven they are sewn together, side by side,  by hand by women of the Mossi tribe, in Burkina Faso. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fabric obtained by this traditional technique is the foundation of a large percentage of all the cotton cloth made all over Africa, especially West Africa. This is the cloth preferred for traditional African clothing. This cloth, this garment, is not dyed; this is the raw cotton as it was grown and hand-processed. Many other textiles in West Africa are made out of this same cloth, distinguished by their unique dying techniques.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe size of this dress is one size fits most. These shorts are stained but can be overdyed to obscure that imperfection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Niger Bend","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53048937906483,"sku":"MOS-10\/S","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0008\/1933\/1132\/files\/IMG_0838_09e08e93-e695-455a-9108-aa0b5f7dd653.jpg?v=1770965567","url":"https:\/\/thenigerbend.com\/products\/mossi-homespun-cotton-natural-pants-burkina-faso","provider":"Niger Bend","version":"1.0","type":"link"}