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Ceremonial Textile Panellate 19th-early 20th century

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Nearly square raffia textile with allover geometric pattern of interlocking hexagons creating a three-dimensional cube illusion in golden tan and black-brown
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
23 × 23 in. (58.42 × 58.42 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2009 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2009.43.14
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography

  • Roberts, Mary Nooter. "The Inner Eye: Vision and Transcendence in African Arts." African Arts 50, no.1 (2017): 60-79.

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