Kente cloth

Museum number:
5-4160
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2019
Description:
Kente cloth; design called senkeni (the red nsankani flower); maroon, gold, green and black over pink, green, gold, and black background; fringed at both ends; 207 cm long; w 9.5 cm; unraveled trade silk with overweave and brocade patterns.
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Kente cloth, accession number 5-4160, described as Kente cloth; design called senkeni (the red nsankani flower); maroon, gold, green and black over pink, green, gold, and black background; fringed at both ends; 207 cm long; w 9.5 cm; unraveled trade silk with overweave and brocade patterns.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kente cloth, accession number 5-4160, described as Kente cloth; design called senkeni (the red nsankani flower); maroon, gold, green and black over pink, green, gold, and black background; fringed at both ends; 207 cm long; w 9.5 cm; unraveled trade silk with overweave and brocade patterns.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kente cloth, accession number 5-4160, described as Kente cloth; design called senkeni (the red nsankani flower); maroon, gold, green and black over pink, green, gold, and black background; fringed at both ends; 207 cm long; w 9.5 cm; unraveled trade silk with overweave and brocade patterns.

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