Textile

Pile Cloth

AF1612

From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1612
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bakete
Provenience Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Fiber
Description

Pile cloth. Dark brown in color. Embroidered design. Torn on three creases. Fragile. Whitish stains/residue (?) Woman's loin cloth of dyed raphia palm fiber cloth.

Length 82 cm
Width 36 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 334 - Other Number

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