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Woman's Overskirt by Kuba — VisualArtsDB
Woman's Overskirt
Kuba
1801–1900
Medium
Raffia, plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile
Dimensions
130.5 × 57.8 cm (51 3/8 × 22 3/4 in.)
Genre
textile
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
kuba (democratic republic of congo style
Tags
geometric
clothing
diamond shapes
african
zigzags
kuba (democratic republic of congo style
arts of Africa
dress (garment)
raffia
African Textiles
needlework (visual works)
costume
chevrons
Textile
embroidering
plain weaving
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