Object type: ethnography / Collector: Lila Jackson / Accession number: Acc.3259 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-11795, described as Textile, Ghana, Kumasi, Ashanti att. Summer, 1972. 5-11795, acc no. 3259, file code 2.4. Collector: Lila Jackson. Donor: Lila Jackson. Materials, techniques: Cotton cloth with stamped designs; rayon thread embroidery Context of use: Each design has historical, magical or allegorical significance Description: Adinkra cloth; white cotton cloth with stamped curvilinear and geometric designs; 7 panels sewn together and each join decorated with varicolored rayon thread; each design in rectangular box with series of stripes in between; 2.36 x 3.38 M.