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Prestige wrap

Probably early 20th century
Medium/Techniqueplain weave; raffia fiber, no fringe
DimensionsHeight x length: 114.3 × 281.9 cm (45 × 111 in.)
Credit LineTextile Curators Fund
Accession number2020.149
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBetween about 1878 and 1900, acquired in the Congo by members of the Baptist Missionary Society, London; September 26, 1989, Baptist Missionary Society and others sale, Christie’s, South Kensington, probably part of lot 127 or 128 [see note], to Josh Graham (dealer), London; 2006, sold by Josh Graham to Jeff Spurr, Cambridge, MA; 2020, sold by Jeff Spurr to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2020)

NOTE: Group lots of raffia cloths, which for years these textiles were believed to be.
Possibly late 19th century
Probably early 20th century
Prestige textile of square shape
Probably early 20th century
Raffia currency textile (nkuta)
About early 20th century
Raffia currency textile (nkuta)
About early 20th century
Raffia currency textile (nkuta)
About early 20th century
Raffia currency textile (nkuta)
About early 20th century
Raffia currency textile (nkuta)
About early 20th century
Child's tunic
1000–1476
Coverlet
Mary Ann Le Cotes Hastings
about 1840