Textile

AF1547

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1547
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapende | Bapindi
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Fiber
Description

Pile cloth. Natural background, stained from decorative red triangles. Fringe on three sides, fraying on the fourth. fading wear of red fiber, dyestuff in a vertical line through center portion. darkening of top left corner. stain in top right portion.

Length 72 cm
Width 69 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 255 - Other Number

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