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Image Not Available for Woman’s Skirt for rite of passage ceremony
Woman’s Skirt for rite of passage ceremony
Image Not Available for Woman’s Skirt for rite of passage ceremony

Woman’s Skirt for rite of passage ceremony

Date20th century
Object number2023.18.10
Provenance[Material Culture Auction, Philadelphia, 2015]; purchased from auction by David Paly, Gig Harbor, Washington, 2015
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, IKAT: A World of Compelling Cloth, March 9 - May 31, 2023.Published ReferencesGLOBAL IKAT: Roots and Routes of a Textile Technique: The David Paly Collection. London: Hali Publications, 2023; p. 189.
Credit LineGift of David and Marita Paly
Dimensions29 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (74.3 × 74.3 cm)
MediumRaffia, proto ikat
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu culture
Object number: 81.17.883
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu culture
Object number: 81.17.887
Female(?) figure
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Object number: 81.17.904
Standing female Janus figure with horn of magic
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Object number: 68.34
Comb with standing male figure
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Object number: 68.37
Anthropomorphic Vase
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu culture
20th century
Object number: 79.3
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Object number: 81.17.135
Knife
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu culture
Object number: 81.17.1678
Female figure
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
19th - 20th century
Object number: 81.17.663
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu culture
Object number: 81.17.884
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu culture
Object number: 81.17.885
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu culture
20th century
Object number: 81.17.886