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A work made of cotton, plain weave; resist-dyed; two panels joined.

Woman's Àdìre Eleso Wrapper, 1925/75

Yoruba

Panel

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered with raffia.

Panel Originally Intended as a Ceremonial Skirt, 1901/83

Kuba

Panel

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in overcast and stem with running stitches cut to form pile; couching.

Panel, Early/mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile; couching.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in running stitches cut to form pile; couching; two panels joined.

Double Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Mushenge

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of cotton, sixteen narrow woven strips of warp-stripe, warp-faced plain weave, some with bands of weft-faced plain weave and warp-faced plain weave with discontinuous supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts; pieced.

Woman's Wrapper, 1925/75

Asante

A work made of cotton and rayon, warp-stripe, warp-faced plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Panel, 1930s/40s

Yoruba

A work made of cotton and rayon, fourteen strips of weft-band plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts.

Panel, 1925/75

Yoruba

A work made of cotton and rayon, warp-faced, warp-striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; main warp fringe; two widths joined.

Panel, 1901/84

Nupe

A work made of cotton and rayon, warp-faced, warp-striped plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; machine embroidered with cotton; two widths joined.

Panel, Mid–20th century

Nupe

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of raffia, plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile.

Panel, Possibly mid–20th century

Kuba

A work made of silk and rayon, twenty-four narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and weft-faced plain weave; joined; main warp fringe.

Kente Wrapper, 1900/25

Asante

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