Textile

Museum number:
5-6240
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2236
Description:
Adinkira cloth; cotton; sand ground with embroidered bands of purple, green, yellow and white; black stamped designs including scroll motifs; 230 cm x 344 cm Cost $43.50
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
David E. Apter
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #69: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (January 14, 1971–June 11, 1971), S1971-1972 #131: Department of Art (UC Davis) (May 10, 1972–June 13, 1972), S1972-1973 #90: Music Department (UC Berkeley) (April 26, 1973–June 22, 1973), S1979-1980 #16: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (October 15, 1979–December 11, 1979), S1986-1987 #20: Richmond Art Center (January 28, 1987–April 16, 1987), and S1992-1993 #9: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (September 18, 1992–November 2, 1992)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 5-6240, described as Adinkira cloth; cotton; sand ground with embroidered bands of purple, green, yellow and white; black stamped designs including scroll motifs; 230 cm x 344 cm Cost $43.50Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 5-6240, described as Adinkira cloth; cotton; sand ground with embroidered bands of purple, green, yellow and white; black stamped designs including scroll motifs; 230 cm x 344 cm Cost $43.50
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-6240, described as Adinkira cloth; cotton; sand ground with embroidered bands of purple, green, yellow and white; black stamped designs including scroll motifs; 230 cm x 344 cm Cost $43.50

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