Pile Cloth
AF1509
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1509 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Bangendi |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Embroidered |
| Description | Embroidered pile cloth. Weaved geometric patterns formed using raffia. Dyed raffia is embroidered into waeve. The 'cut-pile' technique is used to cut threads off at the surface to create a texture which has been likened to velvet. |
| Length | 59 cm |
| Width | 27.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1252 - Other Number |
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