Robe de danse de femmes "ntshak" ·  R. D. Congo, Kuba/Ngeende · ID: 3042714

Description

raffia cloth, with manyfold applications, sewn together from many pieces, border in two layers, slightly dam., smaller tears/missing parts, applications partly loosened, dirty/stained, traces of old age.
Such long skirts are usually made by several lineage members. As individual sections are completed they are sewn together. Women’s embroidered skirts can reach six meters in length or even longer. They are worn on ceremonial occasions, especially at funerals, to celebrate the life of a deceased community member and form part of the grave goods for deceased members of the lineage.

Littérature comparée

Meurant, Georges, Traumzeichen, München 1989, p. 90, ill. 79 Binkley, David A. & Patricia Darish, Kuba, Milan 2009, p. 127