Product Photos:

 
 
 Product Instructions:
 
Eighteen copper-alloy busts dated to 1300 C.E. were unearthed in Ife, a West African kingdom. The sculptures, representing the Ooni (ruler) of Ife, featured scarification (lines) and holes for attaching hair and moustache, reproduced as lines and dots on the covers of the Alagbede notebooks.

Stitching? Plugs of hair? Protective porcupine-y spines? Let the OCD in you find a use for the holes.

Alagbẹdẹ means blacksmith in Yoruba

- Vegetable-tanned cow leather exterior 
- imported fuchsia paper 
- tree bark/wood leading page 
- 60 pages 
- Smyth-sewn binding 
- hand-stitched closing flap 
- Minku stamp on back 
- comes in Minku packaging as shown 
- includes information card as shown 
- Nigerian-made 
- Free worldwide shipping



SHIPPING & RETURNS:

We ship your item 1-2 business days after your order is placed, and send you an email notification of order shipment along with a tracking number.

Besides the item ordered, we lovingly include
- patterned gift pouch
- Our 16-page full-color mini catalog with gold seal
- Hand-calligraphed name tag if recipient name is indicated in checkout notes (complimentary)
- Gift box where indicated in product description, e.g. for sterling silver or 18kt gold jewelry

All items are shipped from Barcelona, Spain. Shipping is free on all international and local orders, and you are not charged any additional customs fees upon delivery.
 
If you are not happy with your product for any reason, you can return it or exchange it for another product in the e-store, within 15 days. Sale of most made-to-order items is final but please contact us and we will work with you if a return or exchange of a custom-made item is needed.
 
SHIPPING TIMES: 

4-5 business days (Spain, U.K., and Western Europe)
7-10 business days (US/Canada/rest of Europe)
10-15 business days (Nigeria and the rest of the world)

Rush shipping (3-5 days to the US) is available. From past mailings, rush shipping is estimated at $40 for small packages (bracelets; notebooks); $60 for small to medium-sized bags, and $100 for large bags.

Email: [email protected] 
Company Profile:
 

Minku, founded in 2011, specializes in clothing and leather goods for men and women. Each Minku item carries subtle cultural codes of Nigerian life.

Aso-oke, a fabric woven on hand looms in the founder's home region of South-Western Nigeria, plays protagonist in several of the items: whether re-imagined as a men's hoodie, or lining the interior of the brand's notebooks and leather accessories.

Minku founder Kunmi was born in Lagos, Nigeria. She studied computer science at Virginia Tech (Master of Science) and at Howard Univeristy (Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude).
 
As a high school student in Lagos, she won the fine art prize every year. view all