Weaving · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3040842
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Size
M: 139 cm x 55 cm (without fringes)
M: 54.7 inch x 21.7 inch (without fringes)
Description
raffia fibres, redwood dye, of rectangular form, made from two pieces, triangular ornaments, framed by fringes, attached collection label “B 253 1046447”, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, spots;
throughout the Congo, red is associated with death and ancestors.
The object Weaving with the object ID 3040842 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 452.
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Comparing literature
Moraga Drake, Vanessa, Weaving abstraction, p. 62, ill. 19