Two textiles · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3050009
Price
EUR 400
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, AustriaSize
M: 63 cm x 50 cm (each)
M: 24.8 inch x 19.7 inch (each)
Description
finely woven raffia with a small triangular pattern in “kasai plush”, the edges lined with fringes
In the past, velvets were basically funerary textiles and were thus expected to be of particularly high quality.
Comparing literature
Bouttiaux, Anne-Marie et. al., African costumes and textiles from the Berbers to the Zulus, o. O. 2008, p. 202, ill. 132