Velvet

Cloth

Textile

2003-52-97

From: Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-52-97
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Congo
Section African
Materials Raffia | Cotton
Technique Woven | Dyed
Description

A rectangular piece made of four panels of pile fabric, varying in width, sewn together with a narrow plain weave section attached in between, like "borders." Three of the panels are made up of two or three small pile fabrics sewn together. All of the pile fabrics have a triangle or diamond motif. Woven pile; natural and yarn dyed dark brown, light brown, and yellow; "velvet" cloth.

Length 62.2 cm
Width 29.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1985.0.34 - Other Number | AE.366 - Other Number

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