KUBA BARKCLOTH TEXTILE 44

Photographs © Tim Hamill

KUBA 
Barkcloth 44
49x21"
SOLD

These special wraps were worn outside, or on top of, the long dance dresses for added decoration and prestige. The central area is barkcloth, made by beating a layer from just under the tree bark until it is thin and pliable. Numbers 1-11 are painted in typically Kuba geometric abstract patterns, similar to those on their barkcloth dance costumes. Numbers 12-15 are quilted from small triangular pieces. One end, usually, and the two sides are embellished with raffia borders, which can be quilted, embroidered, tufted, tie-dyed or tasseled.

CARE: The cloth is not fragile and can be pinned onto a wall or panel for display, or framed like a work on paper.

CONDITION: This barkcloth textile has many small holes that do not show in the photographs. The worst are shown in the detail.

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