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Document identity
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156224
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Embroidered Raffia Pile Cloth
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156224
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object
title
Embroidered Raffia Pile Cloth
date
1900s
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CC0
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language
en
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Q79945324
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Embroidery
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1
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import
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Overall: 57.5 x 50.8 cm (22 5/8 x 20 in.); Mounted: 64.5 x 56.5 cm (25 3/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
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Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kuba peoples, 20th century
accession
1992.102
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Raffia and dye
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Embroidered Raffia Pile Cloth, 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kuba peoples, 20th century. Raffia and dye; overall: 57.5 x 50.8 cm (22 5/8 x 20 in.); mounted: 64.5 x 56.5 cm (25 3/8 x 22 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous gift in honor of the Museum's seventy-fifth anniversary, 1992.102
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Textiles
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.
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Mentioned: p. 77
citation
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
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p. 118, color repr. p. 43
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Anonymous gift in honor of the Museum's seventy-fifth anniversary
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2026-05-29 08:07:31.770000
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156224
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Textiles
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Textiles
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Raffia and dye
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