Woman’s Overskirt, 19th century, Kuba, Bushong, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mushenge, Democratic Republic of Congo, Raffia, plain weave, pieced, embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile, couching, joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches, edged in lateral looping stitches, × cm (63 3/4 × 28 3/8 in
Woman’s Overskirt, 19th century, Kuba, Bushong, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mushenge, Democratic Republic of Congo, Raffia, plain weave, pieced, embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile, couching, joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches, edged in lateral looping stitches, × cm (63 3/4 × 28 3/8 in.)
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