The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 7, 2023

Fragment of Woman's overskirt (ncaka)

late 1800s-early 1900s

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba makers

Raffia and tukula

Overall: 121.4 x 33.3 cm (47 13/16 x 13 1/8 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 2003.91

Location

not on view

Provenance
Dr. Austin Newton, Princeton University; Pierre Loos, Brussels, mid 1980s; [Andres Moraga, 2003]
Citations
Philips, Tom. Africa: The Art of a Continent. Munich: Prestel, 1995. p.. 276-77, 4.48b
Brincard, Marie-Thérèse, and Patricia Darish. Kuba Textiles: Geometry in Form, Space, and Time. 2015.
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/2003.91