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.
Comparing literature
Moraga Drake, Vanessa, Weaving abstraction, p. 62, ill. 19