African Textiles - 2
   
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Pangou, a Loango courtier, wearing a garment with train, presumably raffia. L. Degrandpre, Voyage A la Cote Occidentale d'Afrique Fait dans les annees 1786 et 1787, Paris, 1801.

Bambara Hunter's Ceremonial 
Costume
Mali.
63"x 42"plus fringe
Cotton, leather amulets and fringes, 
cowrie shells
W-5896


Lega Bwami Ceremonial Hat
The Congo
7"x 10"
Vegetable fiber with shells, seed pods,
buttons and hornbill
W-8729


Boutala Skirt
Kuba.  The Congo
20"x 95"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery

W-8012


Shoowa Waist Wrap

Kuba. The Congo
21"x 47½"
Raffia cut pile embroidery
W-5272


Nagongo Skirt
Kuba.  The Congo
25"x 14'4"
Raffia appliqué

W-8605


Yaka Hat
The Congo
10½"x 5"
Glass beads and cowries on raffia
W-8613


Nagongo Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
23"x 47"
Raffia cut pile embroidery

W-7706

Kirdi Beaded Cache-Sexe
Cameroon
20"x 7½"
Glass beads and cowrie shells
A-2520


N'Denguesse Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
25½"x 72½"
Raffia embroidery

W-8485


Lega Bwami Ceremonial Hat
The Congo
6½"x 7"
Vegetable fiber, with pangolin scales,
buttons and elephant hair
W-8728


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
16"x 83"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery

W-5082


Nagongo Skirt
Kuba.  The Congo
29"x 95"
Raffia appliqué
W-9350


Warriors from the Congo, 17th century, wearing patterned raffia waist wraps.  From Joanne Antonio Cavazzi, Historische Beschreibung Der In dern untern Occidentalischen Mohrenland liegenden drey Konigreichen/Congo, Matamba und Angola, und Der jenigen Apostolischen Missionen. Munich, 1694. 

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