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1956.27.0001 :: raffiavävnad

Object description

This was certainly made in the Catholic mission school at Mushenge, seat of the king of the Bushongo/Bakuba, where weaving and embroidery are taught according to the old techniques but with some adaption of designs. In this case the original embroidered cloth was presumably of the usual square shape (governed by the length of the raphia staple fibre) and four strips were cut out of it and joined end to end to form the stole. The resultant effect with the patterns broken and running off the edges of the cloth, is wholly unafrican.

The use of uncoloured raphia for both the cloth and the embroidered pile was typical of the style of the Bambala subtribe (of Mushenge and its environs), but traditionally the cloth was always covered all over with embroidery, so that the base fabric was invisible.

W.B.Fagg. 20.9.57.

Data elements
References (1)

Inventarienummer

1956.27.0001

generalkatalog-nr

85147

Sakord

raffiavävnad

Specialbenämning

stola

Beskrivning

W.B.Fagg. 20.9.57.

Etnisk grupp - ursprung

Materialkategori

Längd

donator

Tidpunkt - förvärv till museet

1956

Världsdel - ursprung

Afrika

Land - ursprung

Kongo-Kinshasa

Källor, Wikipedia - beskr. av: sv.wikipedia.org
Geonames-referens: sws.geonames.org

Land, engelska - ursprung

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Proveniens

Demokratiska Republiken Kongo; Belgiska Kongo. [Haga]

Original: lokal

Belgiska Kongo. (Efterbest.) Ekvatorialafrika. (Efterbest.)

Original: skiss eller foto

skiss

Original: stam

Kuba

Referens - Publicerad i

Årsberättelse 1956, Etnografiska museet, Göteborg

Källor - http: libris.kb.se, archive.org

Beskrivning - tidigare

Stolaliknande band av raffiavävnad. Mönstring bl. a. genom instickande av små trådar i vävnaden vilket ger den flossaeffekt.

Gåva av: Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Göteborg. (katalogkort/originalbeskrivning)

Datum - registrering

2001-03-26

etn/ark

etnografi

Belongs to Samling

1956.27

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