Man’s Prestige Cloth
Object type: Cloth
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Kuba peoples, Shoowa group
Date: ca. 1930–39
Medium: Raffia palm fiber, cut-pile embroidery, undyed fiber, natural dyes, commercial “typewriter” purple
Dimensions: H. 23 1/2 × W. 23 in. (59.7 × 58.4 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Geography:    Kasai Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Credit line: Gift of David Bernstein, in honor of Tess Elizabeth Bernstein, 2017
Accession year: 2017