Woman's Overskirt

Textiles

19th century

Kuba, Shoowa
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mushenge

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 1801–1900
Medium: Raffia, plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile
Dimensions: 130.5 × 57.8 cm (51 3/8 × 22 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Tillie C. Cohn Fund and Tillie C. Cohn Fund in memory of her parents, Max and Rose N. Cohn
Reference Number: 1987.164
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Art Institute of Chicago, Department of African and Amerindian Art, Gallery 137, May 21, 2013-Nov. 1, 2013.

Probably private collection, Belgium [this and the following according to letter from A. Moraga, Apr. 9, 1985; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Andrés Moraga, Berkeley, CA, by Apr. 9, 1985 [incoming receipt May 11, 1987]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.

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