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Object Number
986-14-50/12071
Display Title
Embroidered cloth.
Descriptions
Object Description
Embroidered cloth. Two rectangular raffia cloths stitched together. Natural, brown, and gold dyed palm-leaf fiber in zig zag and triangle designs along two wide linear rows with two small rows with similar patterns for borders. Stitches in triangles are cut to form pile. Two cloths are different. Both are worn. One has two holes. Possibly late 19th century. Overall dimensions: len. 152.87 cm, wid. 68.2 cm
Inventory Description
Woven fiber cloth, red with black and yellow embroidered linear design.
Classification
- Embroidery
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1875-1900
Culture
- Kuba
- Bangongo
- Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms
Misumba Village
Materials
Fiber, Pigment, Raffia, Palm leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 152.8 x 68.2 cm (60 3/16 x 26 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-14-50/12071
Provenance
Collector
Harmon Driscoll
(1982-1983)
Collector
Dwayne Anthony
(1982-1983)
Donor
Byron Harvey, III
(1986)
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