Status cloth, Medium: raffia Technique: plain weave, pieced and embroidered with buttonhole and pile stitches Label: Raffia plain weave, pieced and embroidered with buttonhole and pile stitches, Four pieces of woven raffia seamed together down the long sides with buttonhole stitch to form a rectangular panel. Each piece is patterned with irregular geometric forms in tan and dark brown raffia pile with reddish-brown outlining stitch., Democratic Republic of the Congo, late 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Status cloth