Panel
CultureKuba peoples, Shoowa subgroup
Datelate 19th-early 20th century
MediumHandwoven raffia cloth
DimensionsOverall: 23 1/2 × 28 3/4 inches (59.69 × 73.03 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund
Object number2003.27.9
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DescriptionZig-zag lines in rust and off-white pile alternate with dark brown and off-white embroidery.ProvenanceFifi White, Kansas City, MO, by 1986-2003;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2003.
Georges Meurant, Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986), 18, (repro.).
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