Artist name:
DR Congo, Kuba
Artwork title:
Raffia pile cloth
Description: Kuba raffia pile cloth (velour de kasai). Type A11 (practically no stemstitching). Geometrical design consisting of 4 different design units - 2 different renderings of the Mbolo plus Mayulu (tortoise) plus stylized human design. Pinkish brown very coarse raffia canvas embroidered with natural and black coloured raffia.
Artwork date(s): before 1942
Artwork type: African Collection
Medium: palm raffia
Measurements: 615X555
Accession number: 329
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