Textile
AF1485
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1485 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kuba (African culture) | Bangongo | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Dark colored fiber pile cloth with diagonal "x" and rectangle and diamond designs. Brown and tan fiber. Horizontal brown double line and vertical line form perpendicular angle in center-right section of cloth. Fraying of right edge of cloth. Bottom left portion shows signs of bleeding, fading of brown fiber into tan/green hue. Dog-ear crease of bottom left side. |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Width | 52 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1190 - Other Number |
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