Female Titleholders at Dance
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- Created Date
- 1956-06
- Description
Most of these dancing skirts feature the white associated with aristocracy, the exception being the raffia velvet border third from the right. Only two are wearing the belts like those worn by the men.
The main titleholders and their spouses are preparing for a dance. The dress includes hats of feathers (each with its own meaning), belts, and complex raffia skirts.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Subjects
- Vansina, Jan
Celebrations
Clothing and dress
Jewelry
Kuba
Necklaces
Political leaders
Women
Nsheng
Congo-Kinshasa
Central Africa - Type
- image
- Format
- Black and white PhotographLandscape
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- Female Titleholders at Dance. 1956-06. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/2YVNK7BHUA5Y39D. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1956-06) Female Titleholders at Dance. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/2YVNK7BHUA5Y39D
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/2YVNK7BHUA5Y39D>.