Raffia Cloth Panel
Maker
Unknown, Kuba
DateMid-20th C
MediumFiber, raffia fiber
Dimensions33 1/4” x 27”
Credit LineGift of Tim & Bobbi Hamill
Object numberAF2007.15.HAM
DescriptionNatural color embroidered raffia cloth panel in two layers with an undecorated back and the front decorated with linear embroidery in a grid-like pattern of vertical and horizontal lines that cross one another and are occasionally intersected by small diamonds, squares, or circles. The rectangles formed by the intersecting lines are occasionally in-filled with the same geometri.c forms as well as will curvilinear elements. In the center are two free-form patches, one of which has concentric soft triangles and the other a diagonal grid.
ClassificationsTextiles
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