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Object Number
986-14-50/12073
Display Title
Embroidered cloth.
Descriptions
Object Description
Embroidered cloth. Rectangular panel of raffia cloth. Alternating blocks of black and natural colored palm-leaf fiber in diagonal stripes larger pattern forms three and a half rows length wise of diamond patterns, where in the middle the stiches are cut to form a pile design of small, natural colored diamonds. Border is folded and stitched. Possibly late 19th century. Len. 64.4 cm, Wid. 59.5 cm.
Inventory Description
Woven fiber cloth, red with black and yellow embroidered diamond band design.
Classification
- Embroidery
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1875-1900
Culture
- Kuba
- Kuba
- Bangongo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms
Misumba village
Materials
Fiber, Pigment, Raffia, Palm leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 64.4 x 59.5 cm (25 3/8 x 23 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-14-50/12073
Provenance
Collector
Harmon Driscoll
(1982-1983)
Collector
Dwayne Anthony
(1982-1983)
Donor
Byron Harvey, III
(1986)
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| 986-14-50/12075 | Embroidered cloth. |
Embroidery
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Zaire
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| 986-14-50/12074 | Embroidered cloth. |
Embroidery
|
Zaire
| |
| 986-14-50/12071 | Embroidered cloth. |
Embroidery
|
Zaire
| |
| 986-14-50/12072 | Embroidered cloth. |
Embroidery
|
Zaire
| |
| 986-14-50/12076 | Embroidered cloth. |
Embroidery
|
Zaire
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Embroidery
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Mask
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Zaire
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Embroidery
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Japan?
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Fabric
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Zaire
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Fabric
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Zaire
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Embroidery
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Yemen
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Embroidery
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China
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