Textile
AF1430
From: Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1430 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Pianga |
| Provenience | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Embroidered pile cloth. Natural color fiber pile cloth. Reddish-brown and tan diamond and rectangle patterns. Fiber fringe on right. Cloth with embroidered "pila". The red dye is made from camwood, the brown from charcoal, and the yellow from the wood of a tree called by the Bushongo BOA. The cloth (or the fibre for the "pile") is steeped in a solution of these dyes and then dried in the sun. |
| Length | 53 cm |
| Width | 65 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 317 - Other Number |
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