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Dance Skirt

2011.05.0013

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Artifact Identification Dance Skirt   (2011.05.0013)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Religious Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Kuba Kasai
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 77.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 56.6 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) .2 cm
Weight 197 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Raffia
Manufacturing Processes Sewing, Weaving, Embroidering

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Adams, Monni. “Kuba Embroidered Cloth.” African Arts, Vol. XII, No. 1. Nov. 1978.

Spring, Christopher. African Textiles: With Forty Full Color Plates. Crescent Books: New York, 1989. Compare to Plate 13.

Mack, John, Anee-Marie Bouttiaux, Frieda Sorber, Anne Van Cutsem, Mauro Magliani. African Costumes and Textiles from the Berbers to the Zulus: the Zaira and Marcel Mis Collection. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2008.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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