Kasai Velvet Cloth
Unidentified Kuba maker
Woven raffia palm leaves
Overall: 24 × 21 in. (61 × 53.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Bernard S. Frank and Paul Keil
183.6.26390
Geography
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Object Name
Textile
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Bernard S. Frank, Millburn, New Jersey and Paul Keil, Solvang, California; given to present collection, 1983.
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