DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Kente Old

NameRobe

CultureEwe?

Datec. 1960

Place madeTogo, Ghana, Africa

MediumCotton

Dimensions74 7/16 × 46 1/16 × 1 3/4 in. (189 × 117 × 4.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.1.896

Object numberA.1980.1.896

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond
Africa.

DescriptionStrip-weave, brocaded. Weft-faced bands. Dark blue with yellow, white and red stripes with multicolor square bands perpendicular to stripes. Cotton. Warp fringe.

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