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Object Number 992-28-50/12387
Display Title Textile
Descriptions
Object Description Textile with central panel of black/brown and buff triangles to resemble bark cloth; borders of blue and tan interlocking design on buff; narrow red-brown edging; bound edges on three sides. Unfinished side fragmented.
Inventory Description Textile, woven, black linear design on buff, triangular designs, brown edge
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuba
  • Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Dimensions Overall: 182 × 68.3 × 0.7 cm (71 5/8 × 26 7/8 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 992-28-50/12387
Provenance
Collector James W. Lankton (1988-1990)
Donor Donated by James W. Lankton (12/15/1992)

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