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Woman's Overskirt

Kuba

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by pearl and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches
Culture:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dimensions:
1129 × 2250 px
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