raffia textile #17, kuba people, dr Congo, late 19th century, cm 58x53 a genuinely vintage piece of so-called Kuba-velvets showing real age patina. Small tear at bottom end. Part of a private collection assembled during the 1960s. Pub1ished in: ‘Tribaleglobale’, Imperia (2004), pp.112 and 192. Pls enquire for a copy of cata1ogue.