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Raffia cloth
Raffia cloth is a textile woven from the fibres of the raffia palm, produced in Central Africa. In the Kingdom of Kongo it was a valuable good and also served as a form of currency. It was among the goods, along with ivory and copper, exchanged in the Kongo Empire's trade with the Portuguese.
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