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Woman's Overskirt (ncak)
Woman's Overskirt (ncak)

Woman's Overskirt (ncak)

Datemid-20th century
Associated withAfrica
MediumRaffia and pigment
Dimensions32 x 216 in. (81.3 x 548.6 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Dr. James W. Lankton
Object number2017.6.20
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCollected by James W. Lankton 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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