Textile

AF1461

From: Zaire | Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1461
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Bangongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District
Section African
Materials Fiber
Technique Embroidered
Description

Dark fiber pile cloth with brown and tan triangular and diamond designs, diagonal double line segments; green horizontal (three) and vertical (three) lines form a grid of twelve rectangles. Left side has fiber fringe creased in underneath mat; top, bottom center shrunken in.

Length 66 cm
Width 56 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1231 - Other Number

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