Pile Cloth

Textile

AF1425

From: Southwest Belgian Congo | Kasai-Sankuru Rivers

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1425
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Pianga
Provenience Southwest Belgian Congo | Kasai-Sankuru Rivers
Section African
Materials Fiber
Description

Dark fiber pile cloth with brown and tan diamond and triangle pattern. 3 horizontal lines form 4 rectangles. Pile cloth. Natural background, decorated with brown and yellow embroidered shapes in the form of diamonds. Four vertical seams.

Length 72 cm
Width 61.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 318 - Original Number

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