Kente cloth

Museum number:
5-4161
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004161
Accession number:
Acc.2019
Description:
Kente cloth; design called mmaeda (it has not existed before); purple, gold, freen, and black over blue, maroon, yellow, and black background; fringed at both ends; 222 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:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1966-1967 #18: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (October 28, 1966–November 11, 1966), S1992-1993 #30: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (November 12, 1992–December 22, 1992), S1993-1994 #9: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (November 10, 1993–December 15, 1993), and S1995-1996 #12: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (November 10, 1995–November 29, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Kente cloth, accession number 5-4161, described as Kente cloth; design called mmaeda (it has not existed before); purple, gold, freen, and black over blue, maroon, yellow, and black background; fringed at both ends; 222 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 5-4161, described as Kente cloth; design called mmaeda (it has not existed before); purple, gold, freen, and black over blue, maroon, yellow, and black background; fringed at both ends; 222 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 5-4161, described as Kente cloth; design called mmaeda (it has not existed before); purple, gold, freen, and black over blue, maroon, yellow, and black background; fringed at both ends; 222 cm long, w. 9.5 cm; unraveled trade silk with overweave and brocade patterns.

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