Textile

Museum number:
5-11795
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011795
Accession number:
Acc.3259
Description:
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.
Donor:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Kumasi, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana; Kumasi; Ashanti att.
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Collection date:
Summer, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1976-1977 #45: Presidio Army Museum (February 11, 1977–February 25, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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