Status cloth
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A rectangular panel formed of three narrow pieces stitched together on the long sides with buttonhole stitch. Each piece is patterned with different diamond and zigzag patterns with irregular fillings in cream and dark brown raffia pile with reddish-brown outlining stitch.
place: label: made in
content: Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-110-2
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Status cloth
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: raffia Technique: embroidered in cut pile and stem stitches on plain weave foundation Label: woven raffia, embroidered in cut pile and stem stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 73 x 46 cm (28 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)