Textile

Pile Cloth

AF1941

From: Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1941
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Babundu
Provenience Kasai District
Locus Between the R. Kwilu and R. Loange Rivers
Section African
Materials Fiber
Technique Woven
Description

Pile cloth. Woven vegetable fibre. Natural color with brown stiching. Fringe on both ends. Fringe on one of the ends is in very poor condition. brown diamond design. warping of fiber has made a vertical crease in the center.

Length 65 cm
Width 30 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 339 - Field No SF

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