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Ceremonial Textile Panellate 19th-early 20th century

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Woven textile with dense cut-pile geometric pattern in espresso brown and honey tan, featuring interlocking concentric diamonds and triangles on a diagonal grid, with a small section of terracotta-orange motifs at upper left
Title
Ceremonial Textile Panel
Culture
Kuba peoples, Shoowa group
Place Made
Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Raffia-palm fiber plain weave with raffia cut pile and embroidery
Dimensions
22 × 24 in. (55.88 × 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2009 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2009.43.2
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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