Woman's Overskirt (ncak)

Artist Kuba artists

Datemid-20th century

Associated withAfrica

MediumRaffia and pigment

Dimensions25 1/2 x 49 in. (64.8 x 124.5 cm)

ClassificationsTextiles

Credit LineGift of Dr. James W. Lankton

Object number2017.6.18

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ProvenanceCollected by Dr. James W. Lankton, Winston-Salem, NC, in March 1989 while visiting the Kuba king, Nyimi Kwete aMbweeky, at Nsheng, the Kuba capital, West Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo; given to the NCMA Foundation, 2000; given to NCMA, 2017.

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