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Ceremonial Textile Panels and Skirtslate 19th-early 20th century

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Woven textile with allover diagonal grid of interlocking octagonal and diamond cells, each filled with a unique geometric motif in black cut-pile on a cream ground, with amber-orange accent areas
Kuba cut-pile raffia textile with dense allover geometric pattern of nested triangles and concentric diamonds in black and cream, with a small accent of orange-red embroidery at left center, natural fiber border.
Kuba cut-pile raffia textile with interlocking geometric patterns in cream, dark brown, amber, and rust, creating diagonal fields of varying motifs across the cloth surface, bordered in pink-red.
Raffia textile with dense, interlocking geometric patterns in dark brown on a warm tan ground; concentric angular forms, spirals, and nested diamond shapes cover the entire surface in cut-pile embroidery.
Raffia cloth panel with cut-pile embroidery in tan and dark brown, featuring an allover geometric pattern of interlocking hexagons and diamonds creating an optical three-dimensional cube effect across the surface.
Raffia cloth with dense cut-pile embroidery in dark brown and natural cream, covered overall with interlocking geometric patterns of nested diamonds, triangles, and checkerboard squares across the entire surface.
Raffia textile with dense cut-pile embroidery in a repeating diamond and nested square geometric pattern; cream and dark brown in the upper half transition to amber, black, and white in the lower half.
Raffia textile with cut-pile embroidery in dark brown on a natural ivory ground, densely patterned with interlocking geometric motifs including nested diamonds, stepped forms, and checkerboard squares across the entire surface.
Kuba cut-pile embroidered textile, nearly square, densely covered with interlocking geometric patterns—nested diamonds, chevrons, stepped forms, and checkerboard motifs—in rust red, dark brown, and cream on a raffia ground, with a plain woven border.
Title
Ceremonial Textile Panels and Skirts
Culture
Kuba, Shoowa
Place Made
Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Credit Line
Gift of the 2009 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2009.43.1-.117
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles