Textile
Dress
AF1627
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1627 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Material probably imported from Banguli. Woman's loin cloth made of five pieces of dyed cloth woven from raphia palm fibre. The cloths of this region are woven in small pieces, which are stiched together to make garments. |
| Length | 106 cm |
| Width | 42 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 287 - Other Number |
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