Man's Ceremonial Skirt (mapel)
Artist
Bushoong artists
Datecirca 1925–1975
Associated withAfrica
MediumRaffia and pigment
Dimensions30 1/2 x 163 in. (77.5 x 414 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Dr. James W. Lankton
Object number2017.6.17
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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.
