waist cloth


waist cloth

Summary

White cotton, embroidered at end with many coloured silks. Stitches: broad band in whipped pulled stitch, outlines by stroke stitches; outer border in double running. Pattern: broad band, zig-zag line with stiff flower forms attached, in red, orange, green, purple, blue and cerise silks; outline in black cotton outer border of zig-zag pattern with decotation on points (Tiki-tiki pattern).


Object Name

waist cloth

Dimensions

size: 3.2cm x 121.9cm

accession number

1929.314

Place of creation

Africa

Medium

Credit

Mrs Ruth Emma Day bequest

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