Textile
AF1541
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1541 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapende | Bapindi |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Pile cloth. Natural background, yet stained a light red due to the decorative red embroidery. Fringe on three sides, piece is unraveling on fourth side. Torn in upper center. Two vertical creases in center and right portions of cloth; diagonal crease on left side. Horizontal crease in center; delamination of fiber on left-center portion. |
| Length | 69 cm |
| Width | 75 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 257 - Other Number |
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