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A variety of superb African textile art is represented here, with a emphasis on the fascinating Kuba raffia cloth appliqués and embroideries of the Congo. Sizes range from the small geometric "Kasai velvets" to seventeen foot long raffia dance skirts.

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NOTE: Click on the title or inventory numbers below for full views and large details of each textile.

An Ashanti chief at Kumasi in his full regalia. Venice Lamb, West African Weaving, London, 1975.

Left: Raffia costumes from Loango. From Olfert Dapper,
Description de l'Afrique, Amsterdam, 1668.

Kuba Chief's Ceremonial Shirt
The Congo
62"x 29"
Raffia, with embroidery, cowrie shells,
beads and fur
W-8092

Dogan Hunter's Ceremonial
Costume
Mali
59"x 54"
Cotton, leather amulets and fringes,
mirrors and cowrie shells
W-4202

Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
24"x 45½"
Raffia cut pile embroidery
W-5278

Ashante Cloth ("Kente")
Ghana
78½"x 125½"
Silk strip weave with tapestry
W-7616

Lega Hat
Eastern Congo
7"x 14"
Raffia, clam shells, buttons and
glass beads
W-4199

Boutala Skirt
Kuba. The Congo
20"x 95"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery
W-8012

Kuba raffia pile embroidered mats

A selection of smaller cut-pile cloths from the Congo. Also small embroidered waist wraps.

Crocheted Hat
Cameroon
3½"x 10"
Crocheted bast fiber, with wrapped,
protruding ornaments
W-4461

Kuba Belt
The Congo
5"x 75"
Cowrie shells and beading
W-3056

Nagongo Skirt
The Congo
32"x 17'
Raffia appliqué
W-8015

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

Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
23"x 64½"
Raffia embroidery
W-8088

M'bute Pygmy bark cloth paintings

A selection of paintings from the Ituri Rain Forest of the Congo.

Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
21"x 50"
Raffia embroidery
W-7566

Bushongo Raffia Skirt - Ntshakakot
Kuba. The Congo
24"x 58"
Raffia embroidery
W-8091

Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
21"x 53"
Raffia embroidery
W-7565

Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
23"x 49"
Raffia embroidery
W-7709

Nagongo Skirt
Kuba. The Congo
29"x 128"
Raffia appliqué
W-8009

Lega Hat
Kuba. The Congo
6½"x 9"plus strap
Raffia, buttons, and clam shells
E-8079

Boutala Raffia Skirt
Kuba. The Congo
19"x 89"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery
W-5158

Nagongo Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
24"x 49"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery
W-7614

Kuba Belt, The Congo
2½"x 30"plus ties
Beads, cowrie shells and embroidery
W-5252

Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
24"x 45½"
Raffia cut-pile embroidery
W-7563

Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
19"x 45"
Raffia embroidery
W-7609

Nagongo Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
24"x 50"
Raffia cut pile and flat stitching
W-7147

N'Denguesse Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
21½"x 81"
Raffia embroidery
W-8487

Nagongo Skirt
Kuba. The Congo
28"x 166"
Raffia appliqué and tie dye
W-8476

Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
20½"x 46"
Raffia embroidery
W-7710

Shoowa Raffia Embroidery Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
21"x 50"
Cut pile and flat stitching.
W-5260

Boutala Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
23"x 46"
Raffia cut pile embroidery
W-5916

Kuba Embroidered Raffia Skirt
The Congo.
23½"x 64"
Cut-pile field, with border of flat stitching
W-5077

Nagongo Skirt
Kuba. The Congo
37"x 18'
Raffia appliqué, with tie-dye
W-8090

Shoowa Waist Wrap
Kuba. The Congo
22"x 50"
Raffia embroidery
W-7561

Ashanti Court in 1820, illustrated by Dupuis, the British envoy in Kumasi, Ghana.

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Small Kuba Raffia Pile Mats

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