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Kente cloth

Maker Unknown, Akan

DateLate 20th C, prior to 1974

MediumCloth

Dimensions46” W x 87” L

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.2643.COP

DescriptionKente cloth hand sewn in twelve strips 85” long, 3.75” wide each. The design is made of rectangles measuring 3.75” x 2.5” each, in four different geometric patterns that repeat throughout. There is a indigo blue border with a small fringe on the top and bottom. Predominant colors are orange, blue, bright yellow, dark red and green.

ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Opening the Africa Collection

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