Textile

AF1463B

From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1463B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Bangongo
Provenience Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Fiber
Technique Embroidered
Description

Light brown colored pile cloth with green and gold diamond and rectangular patterns. Two green, double line patterns intersect one another at perpendicular angle. some fraying of top right quadrant, gold colored fiber is fading. shrinking in bottom left and right quadrants and top right quadrant.

Length 72 cm
Width 54 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1210 - Other Number

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