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Raffia fabric, embroidered with geometric motifs
Raffia fabric with embroidery, a so-called Kasai fabric, after the original geographical origin of the cloth. Such fabrics are used as dowries, worn as garments or intended as burial gifts. \Each piece of cloth has a symbolic meaning and is at least a personal expression. Behind the complex patterns lies a mythology and world of thought all its own. \The weaving is done by men, while women apply t…
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Type of item
- Object Type: fabric
- fabric fragment
- Textile
Date
- voor 1957
Medium
- Material: raffia
- raffia (fiber)
- Raffia
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1957
Provenance
- 1957-01-01
- ruil
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/85576
Format
- Technique: embroidery
- embroidering
- Embroidery
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- velour (fabric)
- velvet
- weave
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z
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