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Kalunga · Dikenga Tee No. 05

Dikenga

Kalunga · Dikenga Tee No. 05

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Kalunga is the water threshold between the world of the living and the world of the ancestors: the line every sun of the dikenga must cross. Those who crossed the Atlantic carried it with them; by the tradition of the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, the cosmogram is found pierced into the floorboards of the church. On the Kalunga emblem, a small gold sun burns in an indigo night above a bold silver water line, while below it the same sun breaks into shimmering fragments: not gone, reflected. This is the signature piece of the collection, made for the diaspora above all. The line connects, it does not separate.

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Size guide

Between two sizes, take the larger one: the cut is meant to fall loose. Measurements are on the chest, flat, in centimetres then inches.

Size Half chest Body length
S 49.5 69
M 53.5 73
L 56.5 75
XL 59.5 77
2XL 63.5 79
3XL 67.5 81

Where it is made United Kingdom and Europe: printed by Gelato, in the facility closest to your address.
United States: printed by Printify, with certified partners on American soil.
Delivery Delivery in 5 to 10 working days in the United Kingdom and Europe, 7 to 12 in the United States, 10 to 20 elsewhere. Two to four days of that are the making, because nothing is stocked.
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The story of the design

What it means

In Kongo cosmology, life is one sun moving through four moments: conceived at midnight (Musoni), born at dawn (Kala), at full strength at noon (Tukula), passed to the world of the ancestors at dusk (Luvemba). This cycle is the dikenga: one sun, four moments, and the Kalunga line, the water threshold between the worlds, which the cycle crosses without ever stopping.

After the Kongo cosmology documented by K.K. Bunseki Fu-Kiau, African Cosmology of the Bântu-Kôngo.

Part of Collection 01 · Dikenga · The Four Suns. Emblem No. 05 of 5.

Fabric & Fit

Stanley/Stella Creator 2.0, 100% organic combed ring-spun cotton (GOTS-certified fabric), 180 gsm single jersey, fabric washed. Colour: Black. Medium fit, true to size.

Shipping & Returns

Printed to order in the UK · dispatched in 2 to 5 working days · UK delivery 3 to 7 days. 30-day returns. Wash inside out, do not iron the print.

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