Male Titleholder’s Ceremonial Skirt (mapel)
Object type: Ceremonial skirt
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Kuba peoples
Date: 20th century
Medium: Raffia palm fiber, piecing; cut-pile 
embroidery, fringes, pompoms 
Natural fibers and redwood dye (tukula or Pterocarpus)
Dimensions: H. 34 in. × W. 38 ft. 6 in. (86.4 × 1173.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Geography:     Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Credit line: Gift of David Bernstein, in honor of Tess Elizabeth Bernstein, 2017
Accession year: 2017