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Artist name:

DR Congo, Kuba



Artwork title:

Raffia pile cloth


Description: Kuba raffia pile cloth (velour de kasai). Type A111 Geometrical design - Mongo (the knee). Pinkish raffia canvas background embroidered with natural and black coloured raffia, stem stitch lines combined with tufted lines and geometric shapes.

Artwork date(s): before 1942
Artwork type: African Collection
Medium: palm raffia
Measurements: 660X590
Accession number: 335

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