Wrapper (kente)

photo: Jaron James

Wrapper (kente)

Currently not on view

Wrapper (kente),

ca. 1920

Ewe artist
2018-131

Information

Title
Wrapper (kente)
Dates

ca. 1920

Maker
Ewe artist
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
315 × 188 cm (124 × 74 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund, and anonymous gift
Object Number
2018-131
Place Made

Africa, Ghana or Togo

Culture
African, Ewe
Type
kente, textiles
Materials
cotton (fiber)
Techniques
textile weaving processes and techniques
Subject
symbolism, geometric patterns, proverbs, prestige

[Private collection, Accra, Ghana, by 2008]; [Adire African Textiles, London, UK, acquired from the above, 2008]; Princeton University Art Museum, by purchase from the above, September 2018

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