Textile
AF1549
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1549 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapende | Bapindi |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Pile cloth. Natural background, stained from decorative red embroidery. Fringe on three sides fraying on fourth side. Tear on bottom right. dogearing of bottom left corner and top left portion. Loss of red fiber has left empty spaces in some of the diamond patterns. Darkening of fiber along sides, corners. Delamination of fiber in top right side. Shrinkage, warping of center portion of pile cloth. |
| Length | 78 cm |
| Width | 71 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 326 - Other Number |
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