- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Square of grass cloth
- Geographical reference
- Kasai River Kwilu River
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1909
- Date collected
- 1907 - 1909
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1910
- Materials and processes
- Material Raffia Leaf Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1910.1.121
- Research and responses
Hilde Van Braeckel examined this cloth in April 1995 and supplied a set of technical notes and a colour print of it (see RDF). She identifies it as Kuba Ngongo and suggests that the simple striped pattern indicates it would have been attached to another cloth to form a larger cloth or dance skirt. She notes that the pattern was reserved by application of strips of reed (the needle punctures still being visible). She notes also the blanket-stitch hem, with the fourth side still frayed, i.e. unfinished. The colour has been produced by the use of a red dye, tukula, redwood. [JC 27 5 1996]
Patricia Darish examined this cloth in May 1996 and agreed with Van Braeckel's identification. [JC 20 7 1996]
1910.1.121
Square of grass cloth
1910.1.121
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