| Artist name: 
 DR Congo, Kuba
 Artwork title:
 
 Raffia pile clothDescription: Kuba raffia pile pile cloth (velour de kasai). Type A11. (stem stitch only for bordering of the various design units). Geometrical design -  Mamanye (chevron design) and unknown "vegetable" design. Light purple raffia canvas embroidered with natural and black coloured raffia.
 
 Artwork date(s): before 1942
 Artwork type: African Collection
 Medium: palm raffia
 Measurements: 660X520
 Accession number: 325
 
 
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