Cloth

Textile

2003-52-110

From: Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-52-110
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Congo
Section African
Materials Raphia | Cowry Shells
Technique Woven | Sewn
Description

A rectangular cloth woven of raphia that has been folded together and sewn at one end with cowry shells; two lengths of narrow woven cord are attached in the middle of the piece on either side; 1 1/2 inches (3.8cm) loose fringe extends from one end.

Length 42 cm
Width 11.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.454 - Other Number

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