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Woman's Overskirt

Woman's Overskirt

Kuba, Bushong Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mushenge
Date
1875/1925
Medium
Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping and stem stitches; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches
Dimensions
133 × 57.1 cm (52 3/8 × 22 1/2 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Tillie C. Cohn Fund and Tillie C. Cohn Fund in memory of her parents, Max and Rose N. Cohn