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Kente Cloth Strip

2011.05.0800

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Artifact Identification Kente Cloth Strip   (2011.05.0800)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Clothing
    3. :
  3. Clothing Accessories
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Asante, Ashanti, Akan
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 197.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 9.1 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 38 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Textile
Manufacturing Processes Weaving, Sewing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Lamb, Venice. West African Weaving. London: Duckworth, 1971.

Ross, Doran. Wrapped in Pride: Ghanian Kente and African American Identity. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Textile Series, No. 2. Los Angeles: Regents of the University of California, 1998.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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