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Kente Wrapper

A work made of cotton, 24 narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave; joined; warp fringe.

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  • A work made of cotton, 24 narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave; joined; warp fringe.

Date:

1900/50

Artist:

Ewe
Ghana or Togo

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Ewe

Title

Kente Wrapper

Place

Ghana (Object made in)

Date

Made 1900–1950

Medium

Cotton, 24 narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave; joined; warp fringe

Dimensions

296.4 × 188.4 cm (116 3/4 × 74 1/8 in.); Strip: W.: 7.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Deborah Stokes and Jeffrey Hammer

Reference Number

1983.761

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