Cloth

Textile

2003-52-94

From: Upper Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-52-94
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Upper Congo
Section African
Materials Raffia
Technique Woven
Description

A square cloth designed with a diamond motif within two large rectangular spaces. Brown raffia is used to make large diamond outlines and is also used with yellow and light brown to create squares made of short pile. Three of the sides of the cloth are folded over and stitched onto the fabric.

Length 68.6 cm
Width 68.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.960 - Other Number | AE.5661 - Other Number

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