EditorialStatus cloth, Medium: raffia Technique: embroidered in cut pile and stem stitches on plain weave foundation Label: woven raffia, embroidered in cut pile and stem stitches, A rectangular panel formed of three narrow pieces stitched together on the long ...
EditorialOverskirt, Medium: raffia, hemp Technique: embroidered with buttonhole and pile stitches on plain weave, Center field of large squares of diamonds and trellis patterns in dark brown and natural pile embroidery. Wide border with interlacing pattern on t...
EditorialPanel, Medium: raffia Technique: plain weave embroidered with pile stitches, cutwork, 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 edg...
EditorialArchaic Royal Kuba Overskirt, Kuba peoples, Bushoong group, 18thlate 19th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai River region, Kuba peoples, Bushoong group, Raffia palm fiber, H. 15 x W. 52 in. (38.1 x 132.1 cm), Textiles-Woven.