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mid-20th century
Overall: 67.3 x 239.4 cm (26 1/2 x 94 1/4 in.)
Plain weave raffia, stitched-cane resist dyed with indigo
Classification: Textiles
Culture: African, Kuba, Ngongo
Object Place: Democratic Republic of Congo
Accession number: 2012.88
Description: Long narrow plain weave woven raffia dance skirt, stitch cane-resist dyed in indigo with paired canes forming interlacing diamond pattern, red dyed raffia border at one edge with small natural raffia pompoms, natural raffia border at the other with larger pompoms
Provenance/Ownership History: 1981, sold by an unknown African trader, Cambridge, MA, to Deborah Garner, Leyden, MA; 2012, sold by Deborah Garner to the MFA. (Accession date: March 28, 2012)
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund