DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Textile

NameTextile

CultureKuba

Datec. 1970

Place madeKinshasa, Zaire, Africa

(not assigned)Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

MediumRaffia fiber

Dimensions26 3/8 × 25 × 1 3/4 in. (67 × 63.5 × 4.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.1.978

Object numberA.1980.1.978

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond

DescriptionRaffia cloth. Embroidered cut pile. Plain weave plant fiber ground. Hemmed edges. Black rectangles on tan ground forming checkerboard design.

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