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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…
Acquired: 1957Medium: raffia, woolObject ID: 18411459
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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.
Acquired: 1957Medium: raffiaObject ID: 18411457
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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.
Acquired: 1957Medium: raffiaObject ID: 18411455
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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.
Acquired: 1957Medium: raffiaObject ID: 18411453
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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.
Acquired: 1957Medium: raffiaObject ID: 18411451
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