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Ceremonial Skirt by Kuba — VisualArtsDB

Ceremonial Skirt

Ceremonial Skirt

1900–1925

Medium: Raffia, plain weave; pieced; appliquéd with plain weave in pearl stitches; embroidered in pearl stitches
Dimensions: 94.3 × 521.6 cm (37 1/8 × 205 3/8 in.)
Genre: textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

kuba (democratic republic of congo style

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appliqué (technique)clothingafricankuba (democratic republic of congo stylearts of Africadress (garment)raffiaritual objectsAfrican Textilesneedlework (visual works)costumeTextileembroideringplain weaving

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