These raffia dance skirts were woven in pieces by men using upright single heddle looms, then sewn together and embroidered using a cut pile technique by women
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These raffia dance skirts were woven in pieces by men using upright single heddle looms, then sewn together and embroidered using a cut pile technique by women

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These raffia dance skirts were woven in pieces by men using upright single heddle looms, then sewn together and embroidered using a cut pile technique by women, As well as their use by women in dances at rituals, they were stored and presented by family members at burials. Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Africa. Kuba. Date / Period : 20th century,. Central Congo.

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Werner Forman Archive/ Anspach Collection, New York

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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