Kasai Velvet Cloth
Unidentified Kuba maker
19th or 20th century
Woven raffia palm leaves
Overall: 51 × 22 in. (129.5 × 55.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Bernard S. Frank and Paul Keil
183.6.26389
Geography
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Textile
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
History 85.01, African and African American Studies 88.23, The Black Atlantic, Ernesto Mercado-Montero, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.
Provenance
Bernard S. Frank, Millburn, New Jersey and Paul Keil, Solvang, California; given to present collection, 1983.
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