Women’s Ceremonial Belts,  Nkody Mu-Ikup  and Nkody Makwoom

Kuba Bushong People,  D.R.Congo
20th century
Raffia palm fiber, cowries, glass beads; plain weave
57” long and 59” long 
Provenance:  Pierre Loos, Brussels, 1980s
Reference: for a similar example, see  Vanessa Drake Moraga, Weaving Abstraction (The Textile Museum, Washington DC 2011)page 178, top and center.

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