Raffia fabric, embroidered with geometric motifs
Raffia fabric with embroidery, a so-called Kasai fabric, after the original geographical origin of the cloth. Such fabrics are used as dowries, worn as garments or intended as burial gifts. \Each cloth has a symbolic meaning and is at least a personal expression. The weaving is done by men, while women do the embroidery.\If the complex patterns are made, there is a mythology and world of thought a…
Type af genstand
- Object Type: fabric
- fabric fragment
- Tekstil
Dato
- voor 1954
Medium
- Material: raffia
- raffia (fiber)
- Raffia
Ejerinstiution
Aggregator
Rettigheder for medierne i denne optagelse (medmindre andet er angivet)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Oprettelsesdato
- 1954
Oprindelse
- 1954-01-01
- ruil
Identifikator
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/78503
Er en del af
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Er relateret til
- velour (fabric)
- ambergris
- velvet
- embroidering
- weave
Leverende land
- Netherlands
Navn på samling
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- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z