Culture or time period: African cultures / Loans: S1968-1969 #97: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (April 11, 1969–May 8, 1969) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 5-7037a,b, described as a) unfinished cloth; tied, white cotton, plain weave; rolled tightly in center and sewn with raffia and white thread into pattern; 34.5 x 51 cm. b) finished indigo-dyed cotton cloth; leaves and groups of dots; pattern of a); 84.4 x 86.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 5-2626a-c, described as A) Dance costume (Likishi) made of looped fiber; root of musamba; shirt (chivuvu) with gloved hands; red and black. B) Leggings (mikono); same material and technique as (A). Mask similar to 2625 worn. This costume is used by male dancers in the circumcision ceremonies to frighten the young initiates, and can be used with various masks such as the kapongo. A special man knits the costume (a boy who has learned the secrets after his initiation) but has no special tribal name. The costume is made by the Luvale, Chokwe, Mbunda, Luchase and Kanpala tribes, of the roots of the musamba which is made into fiber by rolling it on the theigh and then it is knitted.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-7042a,b, described as a) unfinished cloth, white cotton, plain weave w/ imprint; balls and strips tied w/ thread; 44.5 x 34.3 cm. b) finished pattern of (a); indigo-dyed cotton; stripes setting off groups of small circles; 83 x 85 cm.