Textile

Pile Cloth

81-11-92

From: Republic of the Congo (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 81-11-92
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Republic of the Congo (uncertain)
Section African
Materials Fiber
Description

Straw colored pile cloth with 3 stripe design (3 lines of a faded red from at top and bottom going across; 3 lines of a faded blue/violet at left and right going down) forming right angles at each corner at 4cm. has creases going across and down, forming a quadrant (evidence of folding), ringed with fiber strands. Whitish residue in top right corner.

Length 50 cm
Width 50 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1981

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