Skirt
AF1713
From: Zaire | Bangala District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1713 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balolo (Bantu culture) |
| Provenience | Zaire | Bangala District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Raffia skirt; single strands of raffia are looped around a thicker twisted piece of fiber and then pulled through looped end to form the fringe of the skirt. |
| Length | 48 cm |
| Width | 24 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1462 - Field No SF |
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