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Rare 19th Century Tetela Flat Weave Textile, DRC

£950

Rare 19th Century Flat Weave Raffia Fibre Textile. Tetela Culture, Central DRC

Less than fifteen known examples of such textiles exist in European collections - of which this rare and finely constructed raffia fibre textile is one.

This textile predates the Kuba Shoowa textiles, and exhibits a uniquely individual and beautifully freelance design with a complex interplay of geometric symbols and sense of rhythm and movement. This textile, with its tight velvet-like surface, is thought to have served as a representation of wealth or a form of dowry or currency.

Estimated Period: 19th Century

Ex Private Collection, Brussels

61 cm x 82 cm (As on Mount)

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