 This piece dates from 1885 to 1910, and is 17" × 59" (41.91 cm × 149.86 cm) in size.This ancient cloth is composed of two pieces joined across the centre; and bordered by pompoms, a technique reported for textiles on the Kongo coast in the seventeenth century.The basic weave is typical for Shoowa with close warps and weft of similar thickness and even distribution.