Unknown African
Cut-pile Embroidered Cloth Panel

Cut-pile Embroidered Cloth Panel

Public Domain

Cut-pile Embroidered Cloth Panel
Artist
CultureKuba peoples, Shoowa group
Titles
  • Cut-pile Embroidered Cloth Panel
Date1900–1935
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumRaffia and dyes
Dimensionswhole: 26 × 24 1/2 inches

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1479
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.

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