Kente cloth; men's; very fine; very large; 22 bands sewn together. alternating blue/white checks and multi-colored stripe with center pattern in blue/yellow/ magenta/white.
Donor:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ghana, Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection date:
1980s
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
December 14, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
including fringe— width 162.5 centimeters and including fringe— length 313 centimeters