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Design Cloth (bwiim)
Design Cloth (bwiim)
Design Cloth (bwiim)

Design Cloth (bwiim)

Datemid-20th century
Associated withAfrica
MediumRaffia and pigment
Dimensions17 1/2 x 18 in. (44.5 x 45.7 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Dr. James W. Lankton
Object number2017.6.25
On View
On view
ProvenanceCollected by Dr. James W. Lankton, Winston-Salem, NC, in March 1989 while visiting the Kuba king, Nyimi Kwete aMbweeky, at Nsheng, the Kuba capital, West Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo; given to the NCMA Foundation, 2000; given to NCMA, 2017.
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