Textile
Pile Cloth
AF1453
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1453 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Bangongo |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Natural-color fiber pile cloth with "x" and diamond, and diagonal line patterns. Tan and brown. Brown fiber is fading to green color. Three horizontal and four vertical brown lines form twenty squares. Warping, dog-earing of top right corner. Shrinkage of bottom right, left, and top left corners. Left center portion tan fibers are worn. |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Width | 52 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1208 - Other Number |
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