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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. 6 1/2 in. x 29 in., (168.9 x 73.7 cm,)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number2004.37.13
Collections
DescriptionEmbroidered cloth with blue, red, tan and brown patterns; one section on end is faded red.

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
Untitled (scarf)
Priscilla Kennedy
2017
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 Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Man's Wrapper
Ewe Artist
20th century
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
Man's Cloth Commemorating visit of President Clinton (kente)
Samuel Cophie, b. 1939
2009
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
Akwete cloth
Igbo Artist
1960s-1970s

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