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- A PAIR OF LARGE FRAGMENTS FROM A CEREMONIAL DANCE SKIRT FROM THE KUBA PEOPLE
A PAIR OF LARGE FRAGMENTS FROM A CEREMONIAL DANCE SKIRT FROM THE KUBA PEOPLE
A PAIR OF LARGE FRAGMENTS FROM A CEREMONIAL DANCE SKIRT FROM THE KUBA PEOPLE
Democratic Republic of Congo, circa 1900
A rare women’s ceremonial dance skirt from the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. With a strong artistic textile tradition, the Kuba people inhabit the fertile lands between the Kasai and Sankuru rivers in Sub-Saharan Central Africa. The cloth itself is made from dyed and woven raffia fibres. Now framed in ebonised wooden frames with black mounts.
Height 112.00cm
Width 98.00cm
Democratic Republic of Congo, circa 1900
A rare women’s ceremonial dance skirt from the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. With a strong artistic textile tradition, the Kuba people inhabit the fertile lands between the Kasai and Sankuru rivers in Sub-Saharan Central Africa. The cloth itself is made from dyed and woven raffia fibres. Now framed in ebonised wooden frames with black mounts.
Height 112.00cm
Width 98.00cm