Woman’s Skirt
- Culture
- Ngongo artist
- Culture
- Kuba artist
- Date
- mid- late 20th century
- Material
- Raffia palm fiber
- Classification
- Costume & clothing, textiles
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 24 1/2 in. x 15 ft. 4 in. (62.2 x 467.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Friends Endowment Fund
- Rights
- Contact Us
- Object Number
- 10:1992
NOTES
Raffia cloth, made of fibers obtained from palm tree leaves, is woven by Kuba men for Kuba women to dye and decorate. This raffia skirt was made using the technique of tie-dye and just two colors, brown and orange. The woman who designed the skirt created a visual field in which the placement of large concentric weblike or lozenge shapes amid clusters of much smaller closed shapes.
Provenance
- 1992
Ousman Kabba Berete, Rosedale, NY, USA
1992 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Ousman Kabba Berete [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, January 16, 1992.
Ousman Kabba Berete, Rosedale, NY, USA
1992 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Ousman Kabba Berete [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, January 16, 1992.
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