cloth
- Museum number
- Af1999,07.8
- Description
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Textile woven from raffia palm fibre; four edges turned in and sewn. Cloth is visually divided down the fold into two sections of different patterns. The geometric (mainly lozenges) design is made up of shades of natural and dyed-brown cut-pile and raised conventional stitching. Base colour is dyed a mid-brown.
- Production date
- 1990s
- Dimensions
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Length: 66 centimetres
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Width: 46 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good; pile damaged in several small areas.
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- Af1999,07.1 to 10 is a collection of modern Kuba textiles from the Congo purchased from Benjamin Shamashang.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1999,07.8