Wrapper (adinkra)
Wrapper (adinkra)

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Wrapper (adinkra),

mid-20th century

Asante artist
2019-125

Information

Title
Wrapper (adinkra)
Dates

mid-20th century

Maker
Asante artist
Medium
Cotton, silk, and dye
Dimensions
247 × 341 cm (97 1/4 × 134 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund and anonymous gift
Object Number
2019-125
Place Made

Africa, Ghana

Culture
African, Asante
Type
wrappers (garments), textiles
Materials
dye, silk (textile), cotton (textile)
Subject
prestige, symbols, geometric patterns, proverbs, iconography

[Private collection, Accra, Ghana, by 2019]; [purchased by Adire African Textiles, London, UK, March 2019]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, May 2019.

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