Cover

Description

Cover of woven raffia palm fibre, with cut-pile embroidery, and corner pom-poms: Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Loango, Kongo people, 17th century

Museum reference

A.UC.629

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Cover

Production information

Loango, Republic of the Congo, Central Africa

Date

17th century

Style / Culture

Kongo

Materials

Palm fibre

Physical description

Woven palm fibre with cut-pile embroidery

Exhibitions

• Power and Majesty: The Art of Kongo Masters (16 Sep 2015 - 03 Jan 2016)
  Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Colours of Africa

References

La Gamma, Alisa, Kongo Art and Majesty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York , Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2015, P.158. 'Fig. 105 Luxury Cloth: Cushion Cover. Kongo peoples; Kongo Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo or Angola, 17-18th century, inventoried 1854. Raffia, 21 1/8 x 21 1/8 in. (53.5 x 53.5 cm). National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (UC629) (Exhib.)'