Textile
Pile Cloth
AF1660D
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1660D |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Batetela |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Natural color pile cloth with reddish-brown and brown horizontal-stripe pattern. Knotted fiber fringe on left side; fringe on top, right and bottom sides. Horizontal crease through center from folding. Darkening of top portion; elongated triangle-shaped dark portions in bottom/center and center/left portions of cloth. |
| Length | 70 cm |
| Width | 70 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1275 - Other Number |
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