Kuba textile

Woven Textile

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Name/Title

Kuba textile

Entry/Object ID

2026.3.4

Description

Woven plant fiber base, likely raffia. Tufted zigzag and diamond-shaped pattern in dark and light brown dyed raffia. Two edges folded, two blanket stitched.

Textile Type

Kuba

Collection

Elizabeth Sweetheart Collection

Category

Cloth

Acquisition

Accession

2026.3

Source or Donor

Elizabeth “Sweetheart” Eaton Rosenthal

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

Country

Congo

Continent

Africa

Woven Textile Details

Textile Shape

Square

Weave Type

Plain Weave

Warp

Warp Colors

Brown, Bronze

Warp Materials

Raffia

Weft

Weft Materials

Raffia

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Congo

Continent

Africa

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

cloth, weaving

Material

Raffia