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
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.