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Pile Cloth

Object Number:AF1660A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Batetela
Provenience: Zaire
Kasai District
Belgian Congo
Section:African
Materials:Fiber
Length: 78 cm
Width: 70 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number:1267 - Other Number

Description

Fiber pile cloth with brown horizontal stripes and knotted fiber fringe on left side; fiber fringe on top bottom and right. Vertical crease in center from folding. Right center and right bottom portions have small holes, as do left center and left bottom portions.

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