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 d'item
- Object Type: fabric
- fragment (tissu)
- Textile
Date
- voor 1954
Support
- Material: raffia
- raphia
- Raphia
Institution partenaire
Agrégateur
Licence du support dans cet enregistrement (sauf indication contraire)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Date de création
- 1954
Provenance
- 1954-01-01
- ruil
Identificateur
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/78503
Fait partie de
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Est liée à
- velours
- ambre gris
- velours
- broder
- tissé
Pays fournisseur
- Netherlands
Nom de la collection
Première publication sur Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Dernière mise à jour de l'Institution partenaire
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z