Ceremonial Skirt

Kuba, Bushong Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai Province, Mushenge

Date

1875/1900

Medium

Raffia, plain weaves; pieced; appliqúed with plain weaves in pearl stitches; embroidered in pearl stitches; edged with bands of cotton, warp-stripe warp-float faced twill weave; cotton, plain weave; pieced and hemmed in slip and pearl stitches; and cotton, warp-float faced alternating float weave; joined with raffia in pearl and twisted insertion stitches

Dimensions

77.1 × 475.4 cm (30 3/8 × 187 1/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Edward E. Ayer Endowment, a memorial to Charles L. Hutchinson by his great friend and admirer; Samuel P. Avery and Maurice D. Galleher endowments