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A partly woven tribal tapestry

Our spinners make the yarn, which is heavy and has some irregularities to give texture to the finished work.

	Weavers follow a cartoon behind the vertical warp and fill in the weft. Before being complete several days work sews in all the ends.
This tapestry was comissioned for the Port Elizabeth Wool and Mohair Exchange

ImiBoniso (meaning gallery or exhibition in Xhosa) are the tapestries originally developed by Lin Smith for Pencen's self help scheme, and now produced in Momento's hand weaving factory.
	A sunset cement works for the boardroom of PPC.

	Momento's manufacture a large range of standard pictures which are shown on the various pages marked above. Made from hand-spun adult or kid mohair, with variations in colour as each one is created individually. If ordered in advance, special colours can be included to match your decor.
The Coat of Arms of the Department of Manpower	In addition to standard products, special designs can be worked, and Momento's have produced for both corporate and public service clients.
		The corporate logo of Pfizer in work.

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To date, the largest we have made is for Port Elizabeth's Feather Market Hall - this tapestry is 3 metres wide and over 5 metres high!

We still design and weave these large and prestigious tapestries, as well as make up ones to customer's individual requirements. naturally these incorporate a cartoon creation fee and work out more expensive than our standard designs. Full details can be had be emailing or writing to us, setting out your initial requirements.