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Man’s Cap (laket) (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th–early 20th century
Conical raffia hat with four lobes at the lower edge, each with with a large rust-colored pompom. The hat is formed of simple looping over a foundation element, with longer…
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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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Weaver’s Thesis Book (England), 17th–18th century
Manuscript book of weaving designs and instructions. Thirty-one sheets of paper, some of which have been partly cut out, containing registers of births, etc., in the Jackson family, account of…
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Weaver’s Thesis Book (France), 1893
Oblong book, bound in dark green leather, with flap and metal clasp, contains 150 numbered pages of descriptions, analysis, weave diagrams and samples of gauzes, with mises-en-carte for many. 91…
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Bonad (Sweden), 1775–1825
Three figures and an angel to left, two horses in stable; two figures and an angel; two kneeling figures and a standing figure.
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