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Object Number
998-3-50/12585
Display Title
Textile of woven raffia cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile of woven raffia cloth; man's ceremonial skirt. In the main body, parallel narrow vertical panels in alternating red and black, each decorated with eyelet and delicate linear embroidery in spaced-out angular designs, plus one wider band in alternating black and beige rectangles (this part would pass over the man's belt). Borders composed of the valued small square patchwork in beige color; one border is properly reversed, to appear correctly over the belt. Edges are complex, marked at point of joining by addition of a row of black plush, with added tabs decorated with appliqued pieces of black and beige checkered plush and pompoms. Excellent condition.
Inventory Description
Textile, finely woven fiber, black and red with floral linear decoration, checke
Classification
- Fabric
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1939
Culture
- Bushoong
- Kuba
- Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Raffia
Dimensions
Overall: 526.2 x 84.7 x 1.5 cm (207 3/16 x 33 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
998-3-50/12585
Credit Line
Gift of Greg LaChapelle
Provenance
Donor
William Gregory LaChapelle
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 998-3-50/12582 | Textile of woven raffia |
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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|
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|
United States
| |
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Woven Fiber
|
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|