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Woman's Overskirt

A work made of raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping and stem stitches; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches.

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  • A work made of raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping and stem stitches; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches.

Date:

1875/1925

Artist:

Kuba, Bushong
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mushenge

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Kuba

Title

Woman's Overskirt

Place

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1875–1925

Medium

Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping and stem stitches; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches

Dimensions

133 × 57.1 cm (52 3/8 × 22 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Tillie C. Cohn Fund and Tillie C. Cohn Fund in memory of her parents, Max and Rose N. Cohn

Reference Number

1987.162

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