Woman's Ceremonial Skirt
CultureKuba peoples
Date20th century
MediumHandwoven raffia cloth
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund
Object number91-30
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Gallery LabelThis well-worn ceremonial skirt in subdued shades of dyed raffia displays a simple yet sophisticated approach to color and design. Some of its assymetrical appliquéd decorative elements have been added to cover holes that either developed over time from wear or occurred as a result of pounding the raffia, a manufacturing technique to make the cloth supple.
With Fifi White, Shawnee Mission, KS, by 1991;
Purchased from White by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1991.
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