African Textiles - 3  
        from the collection of Marla Mallett

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Here are more examples of African textile art from the Congo and Cameroon. 
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NOTE:  Click on the title or inventory numbers below for full views and large details of each textile.  
  Woman with waist wrap of patterned raffia.  Congo coast, 17th century.  Cavazzi, 1694.

 

Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
22"x 49"
Raffia cut pile and flat embroidery
W-8725 


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba.  The Congo
22½"x 63½"
Raffia cut pile and flat embroidery
W-8712


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba.  The Congo
18"x 43"
Raffia cit pile and flat embroidery
W-9275


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


Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba.  The Congo
24"x 48"
Raffia cut pile and flat embroidery
W-8724


Rashaida Bedouin Hats
Eastern Sudan
Metallic beading
E-704
E-705

N'Denguese Belt
Kuba. The Congo
4"x 69"
Cowries, fur, glass beads, seeds
on raffia/cotton base
W-8706


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



 

 


Luena warriors, Angola, with raffia wrap-around skirts. Circa 1900.  Archive: Linden-Museum, Stuttgart

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