Textile
AF1540
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1540 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapende | Bapindi |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Dark straw-colored pile cloth with red string outlinking and dividing surface. Red triangle pattern covers surface. Top, left and bottom sides have fiber strands attached. Red dye in string has bled into fiber in bottom left corner. Crease in right-center portion of mat. Hem undone on right side. Shrinkage of right side and bottom right side. |
| Length | 75 cm |
| Width | 70 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 250 - Other Number |
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