Textile

Museum number:
5-10870
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010870
Accession number:
Acc.4154
Description:
cloth; 'Kente' cloth, 9 varicolored narrow woven strips of mixed fibers sewn together; 93.5 x 155 cm.
Donor:
Gilbert Bobbo
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ghana, Ashanti; Gilbert Bobbo (weaver)
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Gilbert Bobbo
Collection date:
September 1986
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Context of use:
Garment.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 5-10870, described as cloth; 'Kente' cloth, 9 varicolored narrow woven strips of mixed fibers sewn together; 93.5 x 155 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 5-10870, described as cloth; 'Kente' cloth, 9 varicolored narrow woven strips of mixed fibers sewn together; 93.5 x 155 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-10870, described as cloth; 'Kente' cloth, 9 varicolored narrow woven strips of mixed fibers sewn together; 93.5 x 155 cm.

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