Pile Cloth

Textile

AF1544

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1544
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapindi
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Fiber
Technique Embroidered
Description

Embroidered pile cloth. dark fiber with reddish criss-cross, diamond pattern. shrinkage of cloth on all sides has created vertical creases in the cloth. Fiber fringe on top, right and bottom sides. See AF1527.

Length 81 cm
Width 74 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1356 - Other Number

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