A Ntshak or dance loincloth, Kuba, Zaire or Congo ethnic gro - Lot 108

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A Ntshak or dance loincloth, Kuba, Zaire or Congo ethnic gro - Lot 108
A Ntshak or dance loincloth, Kuba, Zaire or Congo ethnic group A Kuba dancing skirt from a noble person of the Kuba ethnic group, Zaire or Congo. Ntshak with raffia velvet, and raffia embroidery. Good general condition. A Ntshak is published in the magazine Hali Mag. 1996 ; issue 85 ; page 109, and described as Bushoong woman's ceremonial overskirt, Kuba Kingdom, Zaire, ca 1870 - 1900. Raffia, embroidery on plainweave ground. 074 x 166 cm. MFAB, J.W. & J. M Elliot Fund, inv 1995-90. Bibliography: Collective work, Au Royaume du Signe. Appliqués sur toile des Kuba, Zaire. Edited by ADAM BIRO -DAPPER, Paris, 1990. 1st quarter of the 20th century 072 x 166 cm
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