NGEENDE, KUBA, CONGO, AFRICAN APPLIQUED SKIRT

NGEENDE, KUBA, CONGO, AFRICAN, WOMAN'S APPLIQUED SKIRT Provenance: Estate of Jack Faxon, Michigan Senator and creator of the Michigan Council for the Arts.

Kuba skirts, Tcaka, long are cloths made from raffia, from 8 – 25 feet long, from the Ngeende, Bushoong and Ngongo peoples. They incorporate appliqued “patches”, embroidered shapes and p

Kuba skirts, Tcaka, long are cloths made from raffia, from 8 - 25 feet long, from the Ngeende, Bushoong and Ngongo peoples. They incorporate appliqued “patches”, embroidered shapes and pat

Kuba skirts, Tcaka, long are cloths made from raffia, from 8 - 25 feet long, from the Ngeende, Bushoong and Ngongo peoples. They incorporate appliqued “patches”, embroidered shapes and pat

Kuba skirts, Tcaka, long are cloths made from raffia, from 8 - 25 feet long, from the Ngeende, Bushoong and Ngongo peoples. They incorporate appliqued “patches”, embroidered shapes and pattern

KUBA, CONGO, AFRICAN APPLIQUED AND EMBROIDERED FIBER SKIRT with Detroit Institute of Arts paper label affixed verso. Provenance: Estate of Jack Faxon, Michigan Senator and creator of the Michigan Coun

KUBA, CONGO, AFRICAN APPLIQUED AND EMBROIDERED FIBER SKIRT

Raffia Appliqué. Long waist wrap/skirt, ceremonial garment, clothing, table runner, , in interior design, upholstery, soft furnishings or wall hangings or can be used for other purposes. Made from

KUBA, CONGO, AFRICAN ART PATCHWORK, APPLIQUE AND RESIST-DYED SKIRT Length approx 10'5" x 2'4". Provenance: Estate of Jack Faxon, Michigan Senator and creator of the Michigan Council for the Arts.

Very elongated and exaggerated face mask from the Kuba Ngeende peoples, of the DRC / Congo Africa. Carved wooden with a very well weathered surface, raised linear designs and oval eyes. A very rare an

A Uncommon elongated and exaggerated face mask from the Kuba Ngeende peoples, of the DRC / Congo Africa. Carved wooden with a very well weathered surface, accented with red and white kaolin clay pigme

Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, skirt with dyed motif and embroidery, cowries, likely mid-20th century.Approximate size, 185" x 29" PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. P

Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, skirt with tie-dyed motif, likely mid-20th century. 23" x 144" PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip Gould, New York

Title: Ngeende head mask, Kuba people, DR Congo Additional information: A wooden Ngeende mask with a distinctive look created by the Kuba people. The item is in great condition. Origin: DR Congo Dimen

Africa, Zaire, Kuba, Dyed and appliqued ceremonial skirt. Size: approximately 192"L x 33"W

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba, ca. mid-20th century CE. An extremely long ceremonial cloth skirt comprised of many rectangular panels each hand woven from raffia palm fibers a

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fabulous and large woven of Kuba cloth skirt made from raffia and cotton using cut-pile and embroidery techniques to

Carved wooden mask with conical eyes and dramatic open mouth, accented with blue and white pigments. From the Kuba peoples of the Congo, Africa. Measures 15 x 11 inches.

Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa, a woven raffia skirt, red with black applied dye. Likely first half of the 20th century, 160" x 32" PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Phili

Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, woven raffia skirt, tie-dyed geometric pattern, mid-20th century Approximate size, 118" x 22". PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip

A very long woven grass skirt or textile with intricate tribal designs. Kuba peoples, Congo, central Africa. Measures 116 x 19 inches.

Interesting Mukyeem mask from DR Congo. The NGEENDE occupy the oriental marches of the Kuba kingdom. They have created a mask influenced by the Bushong, the mukyeem. It has a stylised elephant trunk o

African Kuba Man's Prestige Cloth Dance Skirt, DRC. Appliqued. Size: 16'10'' x 1'9'' (513 x 53 cm). Provenance: Craft Caravan, Inc., New York, NY.

A Kuba Ngeende Helmet Mask: This sleek style of mask is known as a Bongo mask, distinctive for being painted an intense black. Bongo masks appear during initiation rites and at funerals. The erratic a