Six small textiles "bilaam" · D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa / Bushoong · ID: 3045503
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Provenance
Roger de Vloo, Belgian missionary (collected in situ)De Vloo (born 1915) entered the order of the White Fathers in 1934. He travelled to Congo in 1946 to shoot documentaries about the congregation with the assistance of the Africa-Films production company. While he lived in Kivu, from 1947 to 1967, he filmed near to seventy films.
Size
M: 32 cm x 32 cm - 32,5 cm x 37 cm
M: 12.6 inch x 12.6 inch - 12.8 inch x 14.6 inch
Description
fibres of the raffia palm “raphia vinifera”, with embroidery and velvet (“Kasai plush”), alternating graphic ornaments, various sizes