Textile

Bark Cloth

30-49-15

From: Northeastern Zaire

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 30-49-15
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Northeastern Zaire
Section African
Materials Fiber
Description

brown cloth with various plant, animal and object designs in green drawn/painted(?) on it. objects are spirals, rectangles (some shaped like stools?) top section and bottom right are shrunken in; bottom right corner has 4 holes in fiber; center right has hole and tear; left bottom has tear as well. horizontal crease in center; heavy creasing/wrinkling of top right corner.

Length 78 cm
Width 68 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Albrecht in memory of son Charles Hahn Albrecht, 1930

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