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Collections

Overskirt1900-1950

Not on view
Vertical barkcloth or raffia textile with deep brown ground, scattered amber dots and cream stitching across the central field, and geometric X-pattern border columns on each side
Title
Overskirt
Culture
Kuba (Bakuba)
Place Made
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)
Date Made
1900-1950
Medium
Raffia plain weave with raffia supplementary patterning and raffia open work, with raffia embroidery and raffia cut pile
Dimensions
23 1/8 × 59 1/2 in. (58.74 × 151.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Bernard Kester
Accession Number
AC1996.111.3
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles