Designer: HermèsPattern: Kuggor TreeColor: Plum / GoldSize: 90cmMaterial: 100% SilkArtist: Sefedine Ibrahim Alamin (known as Kwumi)First Issued: Original Motif 2001Condition: In very good condition. One area of discoloration in last photo and fabric tag is partially detached shown in last photos. Includes: Box and will always include signature Abigail Goodman gift wrap Notes: Not only is this scarf gorgeous with its vibrant washes of colors, but what makes it truly special is the story of its artist, Sefedine Ibrahim Alamin (known as Kwumi). Born in Sudan, Sefedine lost his parents to the civil war at age 14 and found refuge in a Doctors Without Borders camp. There, he began creating colorful chalk drawings of African landscapes that eventually reached the desk of Jean-Louis Dumas, then-chief executive of Hermès, who had previously visited the school. Hermès went on to collaborate with Sefedine on six unique scarf designs. Dumas shared a powerful observation, saying, "This boy was born during the war and saw nothing but death around him, but all of his designs are very peaceful." And I’ll add, not only are they peaceful, they are spectacular. From the Hermès Fall-Winter 2001/02 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: In the land of the Nuba this tree is king; not quite as high as a mountain, but of comparable majesty and of proverbial generosity. At that hour of day when everything throbs and the sun strikes down fiercely, its immense shade stretches like an ocean of freshness. The hunter savours dreams of his prey whilst availing himself of the delicious juice of its fruit. Here the scale of the vegetation matches that of a continent. Splendour reigns and nobility rises in the air exhaled from the ground.
