Export design panel (buiin or shobo)
Export design panel (buiin or shobo)

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Export design panel (buiin or shobo),

1980s

Kuba artists
1998-917

Information

Title
Export design panel (buiin or shobo)
Dates

1980s

Maker
Kuba artists
Medium
Raffia and dye
Dimensions
h. 53.3 cm., w. 60.9 cm. (21 x 24 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Elliott, Class of 1951, Collection
Object Number
1998-917
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai Province

Culture
African, Kuba (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Type
textiles, cloth
Materials
raffia, dye
Techniques
dyeing, sewing, weaving, embroidering, cut-pile embroidery
Subject
lozenges, geometric patterns

John B. Elliott, New York, NY by 1997; Princeton University Art Museum, 1998

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