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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.


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
22"x 76"
Raffia embroidery
W-5159


Shoowa Raffia Skirt
Kuba.  The Congo
26"x 56"
Cut-pile field, with border of flat stitching 
W-7830


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
19"x 60"
Raffia cut pile embroidery
W-5106


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
21"x 50"
Raffia cut pile embroidery
W-7707


Lega Hat
Eastern Congo
7"x 8"
Raffia and cowrie shells
W-4188


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


Nagongo Skirt
Kuba.  The Congo
19"x 9'7"
Raffia patchwork and brocading
W-7704


Kuba Waist Wrap
The Congo
23"x 45"
Raffia embroidery
W-5153


Kirdi Beaded Cache-Sexe
Cameroon
19"x 9"
Glass beads
A-5971


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
83"x 16"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery
W-5082


Boutala Waist Wrap

Kuba.  The Congo
13½"x 47"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery

W-5149


Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
21"x 44"
Raffia cut pile and flat embroidery
W-5275  


Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba.  The Congo
22"x 51"
Raffia embroidery
W-7832


Kuba Skirt

The Congo
22"x 11'6"
Raffia patchwork and appliqué
W-7636


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba.  The Congo
20½"x 58"
Raffia cut pile and flat embroidery
W-5155


Nagongo Skirt
Kuba.  The Congo
24"x 12'5"
Raffia appliqué
W-8008


Crocheted Hat

Cameroon
6½"x 6"
Crocheted cotton with wrapped, 
protruding ornaments
W-4559


Kirdi Beaded Cache-Sexe
Cameroon
18"x 7"
Glass beads and cowrie shells
A-5972


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba.  The Congo
19"x 58"
Raffia cut pile and flat embroidery
W-5150


Cache sexe

Cameroon
9"x 13½"
Metal and reed
A-5975


Nagongo Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
23"x 47"
Raffia cut pile embroidery
W-7706


Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
20"x 45"
Cut pile and flat stitching
W-5274


Chokwe Skirt Fragment
Kuba. The Congo
25½"x 67"
Raffia appliqué
W-7635


Kirdi Beaded Cache-Sexe
Cameroon
27"x 9"
Glass beads and cowrie shells
A-5974


Kirdi Beaded Cache-Sexe
Cameroon
19"x 8"
Glass beads and cowrie shells
A-5973


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
49"x 23"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery
W-7611


Ngongo Skirt

Kuba. The Congo
20½"x 53"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery
W-7046

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


Shoowa Raffia Skirt
Kuba.  The Congo
21½"x 73½"
Raffia embroidery
W-7608


Warriors from the Congo, 17th century, wearing patterned raffia skirts. 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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Small Kuba Raffia Pile Mats

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