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Raffia fabric, embroidered with geometric motifs and used as a skirt by Nyimi, king of the Bushongo
Raffia fabric with embroidery, a so-called Kasai fabric, after the original geographical origin of the cloth. Such fabrics are used as dowries, worn as garments, or intended as grave goods. The band was probably sewn to or onto a larger raffia fabric, perhaps a skirt or shawl. Such bands serve as decoration to the plain raffia fabric in linen weave. \Each cloth has a symbolic meaning and is at lea…
Type af genstand
- Object Type: fabric
- fabric fragment
- Tekstil
Dato
- voor 1963
Medium
- Material: raffia
- raffia
- Raffia
Ejerinstiution
Aggregator
Rettigheder for medierne i denne optagelse (medmindre andet er angivet)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Oprettelsesdato
- 1963
Oprindelse
- 1963-02-20
- Aankoop
Identifikator
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/101245
Format
- Technique: embroidery
- embroidery
- Broderi
Er en del af
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Er relateret til
- velour (fabric)
- amber (fossil resin)
- velvet
- weave
Leverende land
- Netherlands
Navn på samling
Første gang offentliggjort på Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Sidste gang opdateret fra den ejerinstiution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z