Textile

Pile Cloth

AF1671

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1671
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Babundu
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Fiber
Technique Embroidered
Description

Pile cloth. Decorated with black embroidered diamonds. Fringe along both ends. warping of cloth in to flattened, elongated arch shape. loss of fringe on both sides. Fraying of top left corners.

Length 75 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 341 - Other Number

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