Textile
AF1642
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1642 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Babundu |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Dark fiber pile cloth with diamond design in center. Rough waft brown fiber forms design and fills in outer portion of pile cloth. Fiber fringe on left side and brown fiber fringe interspersed with dark natural color fiber fringe. Center portion (top and bottom) shrunken in. Half of lower part of woman's dress. |
| Length | 60 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 343 - Other Number |
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