Raffia Skirt
Vintage & Collectable African Textiles
Code: VCC901
Raffia skirts like this are worn by young women of the Ngala people (among others) to mark rights of passage into womanhood. Coloured with natural dyes.
Democratic Republic of Congo.
Approximate size: 25 x 98 cm / 25 x 9 inches
Postcard. Belgian Congo, circa 1900.
Raffia Skirt VCC901
£75.00
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