Woman's Overskirt
Kuba
1801–1900
- Medium
- Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by pearl and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches
- Dimensions
- 137.5 × 57.8 cm (54 1/8 × 22 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
clothingafricankuba (democratic republic of congo stylearts of Africadress (garment)raffiaAfrican Textileskuba kingdomneedlework (visual works)costumeTextileembroideringplain weaving
