Woman's Skirt

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Kuba

Title

Woman's Skirt

Place

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Object made in)

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Made 1701–1800

Medium

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

Dimensions

77 × 37.4 cm (30 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

1987.166

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