Textile
Pile Cloth
AF1669
From: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1669 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Dumbi | Dumba (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Pile cloth. Ground color is a faded black with white embroidery-geometric shapes. Red-brown satin on left side. bleeding of tan dyestuff onto cloth. Fraying of right bottom corner, dogearing of bottom left corner. Shrinkage of all sides. Delamination of fiber in left section. |
| Length | 57.5 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1008 - Field No SF |
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