# Woman's Overskirt

- By: Kuba (Mushenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Date: 19th century
- Medium: Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches
- Classification: Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions: 162.1 × 72.2 cm (63 3/4 × 28 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Credit line: Tillie C. Cohn Fund and Tillie C. Cohn Fund in memory of her parents, Max and Rose N. Cohn
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/69510)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d461b4be-3f7b-0eee-a3fa-d4da4e14e8b8/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)