Textile
AF1530
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1530 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapende | Bapindi |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Natural color fiber pile cloth. Decorative reddish-brown embroidery, consisting of crisscross, diamond patterns, and bordering on all sides. Fiber fringe on top, right and bottom sides. Blue-green stain in top right portion. Shrinking in of top and right sides. Vertical creasing of right edge. |
| Length | 74 cm |
| Width | 72 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 327 - Other Number |
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