Textile
AF1527
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1527 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapende | Bapindi |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Natural color pile cloth with reddish-brown diamond patterns and bordering on bottom, left and right. Fiber fringe on top, left and right. Horizontal creases through center and bottom sections from folding. Dog-ear crease in bottom left and bottom right corners. Embroidered pile cloth. Only the Bapindi branch of the Bapende tribe ( near the mouth of the Kwenge River in the Kwilu ) makes this pile cloth. |
| Length | 85 cm |
| Width | 75 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 256 - Other Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.