- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Grass cloth
- Geographical reference
- Kasai River Basin
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1908
- Date collected
- 1908
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Raffia Leaf Plant, Process Woven, Process Embroidered
- Dimensions
- Width: max 105 mm, Length: max 750 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.16.177
Search terms: Textile
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