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Grasscloth (USA), 1890
Traditional grasscloth in shades of tan.
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Grasscloth (Japan), 1952–54
A fine weave of tan or light green tint grasscloth with no printed design.
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Grasscloth (Japan), 1954
Finely textured green grasscloth cut into triangles and parallelograms and mounted to show vertical and horizontal pattern of weave alternating. Backed with Japanese paper.
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Grasscloth (Japan), 1954
Squares of lavender grasscloth arranged in checkerboard pattern on gold paper turned alternately vertically and horizontally, and backed with fine Japanese paper.
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Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
Long narrow band made from two shorter pieces stitched together. All natural raffia color, in a creamy tone. Three pattern areas of geometric interlacing of alternating bands of textured pile…
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Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
Long band composed of three shorter pieces stitched together. All-over embroidery in irregularly interlaced pattern of bands striped in three shades of brown. One selvage present, other long edge cut…
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Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
Natural, brown, and rust-red strips of plain woven raffia stitched together on long edges, finished with buttonhole embroidery and raffia pompoms.
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Fragment (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
Fragment of bark cloth with a center field of alternating black and natural triangles, with borders on two sides of natural color with a single black stripe in the center.
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