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Woman's Ceremonial Dance Skirt (ncak)late 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Long horizontal textile strip covered edge to edge with rows of cream-colored ancient script characters on a tan ground, with frayed edges and visible weave texture
Horizontal textile panel with resist-dyed or painted geometric and abstract motifs in white on gray, arranged in a grid of rectangular sections, each containing interlocking angular patterns, crosshatched forms, and circular elements.

Unknown, Woman's Ceremonial Dance Skirt (ncak), late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the 2009 Collectors Committee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Ceremonial Dance Skirt (ncak)
Culture
Kuba peoples, probably Ngongo group
Place Made
Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Raffia-palm fiber plain weave, appliquéd and pieced
Dimensions
39 1/4 × 251 in. (99.7 × 637.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2009 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2009.43.114
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles