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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Cloth
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Cloth

Maker Kuba Artist
Date20th century
Made/manufacturedDemocratic Republic of Congo, Africa
MediumRaffia, pigment
Dimensionsirregular: 5 ft. 7 in. x 21 1/4 in., (170.2 x 54 cm,)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number2004.37.12
Collections
DescriptionCut pile cloth embroidered cloth made of varying panels with interlace and other geometric patterns; four square pieces with varying motifs on one end.

The textiles are woven by men and embroidered by women (per appraisal).
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Cloth
Kuba Artist
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt (Ntshakabwiin)
Kuba Artist
late 19th-early 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Woman's Skirt
Kuba Artist
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Noble woman’s skirt
Kuba Artist
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Women’s Skirt with Motifs of Figures and Landscape 清代魚鱗百褶裙
Unknown Chinese Artist
Second half of the 19th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Man's Cloth (adanudo)
Ewe Artist
1940s
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Male Royal Ancestor Mask (Mwashamboy)
Lele Artist
1960s
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Cut thread cloth ("Ikata" and "injiri" pelete bite)
Snoew Wokoma
c. 1988
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Cloth of the Great (akunitan)
Asante Artist
late 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Untitled (scarf)
Priscilla Kennedy
2017
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Woman's Wedding Ensemble
Amazigh Artist
late 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Untitled (scarf)
Priscilla Kennedy
2017

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