KUBA TEXTILES 83 FIG. 4 (far left): Panels for a skirt made by the artist Minggshagg of the Ibad clan. Ngeende, Kasai- Mweka region, Mbelo village. 20th century. Collected by Albert Maesen, 1953. Raffia, resist-dye. 21.3 x 62 cm. Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, EO.1953.74.6930. Photo: J.-M. Vandyck; © Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. FIG. 5: Border for a man’s skirt. Kuba, Bushoong group, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Late 19th century. Collected by William H. Sheppard, 1890–1910. Raffia, embroidery with cut-pile. 7 x 1,200 cm. Hampton University Museum, William H. Sheppard, 11.401. Photo courtesy of Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA. Photo: Mr. Alexander Kravitz. FIG. 6 (below): Woman’s skirt, ncák. Kuba, Bushoong group, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Late 19th–early 20th century. Collected by Baron Tombeur de Tabora, 1890–1914. Raffia, appliqué. 64.8 x 402.6 cm. Brooklyn Museum, purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Milton F. Rosenthal, 81.169. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum. FIG. 7 (below): Prestige panel. Kuba, Bushoong group, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 19th century (?). Raffia, embroidery with cut-pile. 19.1 x 45.7 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of William B, Goldstein, 2001.271.5. Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, image source: Art Resource. FIG. 8 (above): Single central panel for a woman’s overskirt. Kuba, Bushoong group, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Late 19th–early 20th century. Collected by William H. Sheppard, 1890–1910. Raffia, embroidery with cut-pile. 40.6 x 68.6 cm. Hampton University Museum, William H. Sheppard, 11.172. Photo courtesy of Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA. Photo: Mr. Alexander Kravitz.
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