Babunda Woman's Skirt
Idiofa Region, DR Congo
Late 19th or early 20th century
Woven and embroidered raffia panels
These skirts are very rare.
For a similar example see:
Michelle Coquet, Textiles Africains (Paris 1993) pp 114-115
From the colonial era collection of the Dominican Missionary Sisters of Namur, brought back to Belgium in 1959.
Size: 25 x 46 ins (61 x 117 cm)
