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Man’s Cap (laket) (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th–early 20th century
Shallow conical hat with four lobes at the lower edge. Openwork circle at crown, two encircling rings of small buttonholed scrolls, buttonhole stitch around lower edge. Natural raffia color with…
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Man’s Hat (laket) (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 19th–early 20th century
High conical hat in natural raffia with edging of small rust-colored raffia balls sewn on with buttonhole stitch.
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Panel (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
Panel of woven undyed raffia embroidered in stem stitch in inrregular interlacing and grid patterns. All edges hemmed.
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Panel (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
Panel of undyed woven raffia with pile embroidery. Regular lattice pattern of three pile stripes; diamond-shaped centers cut out to make open trellis effect. Long edges hemmed, short edges unfinished.
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Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century
Rectangular panel composed of four strips of woven raffia with twisted warp fringes. Each strip is composed of smaller pieces, stitched together with dark raffia strands.
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Status Cloth (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
Unfinished piece with outlining done in stem stitch and some areas filled in with embroidered pile in natural and dark brown raffia. Pattern of diamond shapes.
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Status Cloth (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
Status cloth with a complex geometric pattern of diamonds and crosses, composed of bands of striped natural and dark brown stem stitch, and areas of natural and dark brown embroidered…
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Status Cloth (Democratic Republic of the Congo), before 1937
All-over pattern of diamonds and zig-zags in dark brown and natural raffia color pile embroidery, with bands of striped dark and light stem or wrapping stitch.
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Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
Long narrow band made from three shorter pieces stitched together. Embroidered pile in natural raffia color in repeating pattern of rotated triangles.
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Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt (Democratic Republic of the Congo), early 20th century
A woman’s ceremonial skirt with a center panel of dark purplish-brown, with a design of interconnected diamonds with striped and dotted fillings created by buttonhole embroidery and withdrawn element work.…
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