The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 31, 2023

Woman's overskirt (ncaka)

late 1800s-early 1900s

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th or early 20th century

Raffia, cloth, thread, and dye

Overall: 413.2 x 63.6 cm (162 11/16 x 25 1/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 2003.90

Location

not on view

Provenance
Dr. Austin Newton, Princeton University; Pierre Loos, Brussels, mid 1980s; [Andres Moraga, 2003]
Citations
Brincard, Marie-Thérèse, and Patricia Darish. Kuba Textiles: Geometry in Form, Space, and Time. 2015.
Moraga, Vanessa Drake. "Patterns of Change." HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles 184 (Summer 2015): 70-77. 76
Exhibition history

African Gallery textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 5, 2004-September 8, 2005).

Kuba Textiles: Geometry in Form, Space, and Time. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (organizer) (March 1-June 14, 2015).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.90