Kente cloth

Museum number:
5-4154
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004154
Accession number:
Acc.2019
Description:
Kente cloth: design called sika futuru (gold dust); green, maroon and black over gold background; fringed on one end; 163 cm long.
Donor:
Ghana Museum and Monuments Board
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1966-1967 #18: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (October 28, 1966–November 11, 1966), S1980-1981 #42: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (January 9, 1981–March 13, 1981), S1981-1982 #11: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (September 24, 1981–December 1, 1981), S1982-1983 #14: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1982–December 6, 1982), S1983-1984 #36: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (January 13, 1983–March 5, 1984), S1984-1985 #13: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1984–December 12, 1984), S1986-1987 #20: Richmond Art Center (January 28, 1987–April 16, 1987), S1986-1987 #7: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (September 29, 1986–December 1, 1986), S1987-1988 #19: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (September 1987–December 8, 1987), S1988-1989 #15: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (1988–February 21, 1989), and S1990-1991 #15: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (1990–January 3, 1991)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Kente cloth, accession number 5-4154, described as Kente cloth: design called sika futuru (gold dust); green, maroon and black over gold background; fringed on one end; 163 cm long.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Kente cloth, accession number 5-4154, described as Kente cloth: design called sika futuru (gold dust); green, maroon and black over gold background; fringed on one end; 163 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kente cloth, accession number 5-4154, described as Kente cloth: design called sika futuru (gold dust); green, maroon and black over gold background; fringed on one end; 163 cm long.

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