Kuba Noble’s Skirt

DR Congo
53″ X 90″
Woven from raffia fiber, the long skirt in red and used during long periods of mourning; the surface with openwork patterns with zig-zag embroidery and large embroidered six-sided forms interlocking across the whole surface. The border of checkerboard black and white with small fiber tufts. A fine and old example of a noble’s skirt from the Kuba-Bushoong.

Provenance:
Property of a New York private collector