Wrapper (kente)
Wrapper (kente)

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Wrapper (kente),

ca. 1900–20

Ewe artist
2019-127

Information

Title
Wrapper (kente)
Dates

ca. 1900–20

Maker
Ewe artist
Medium
Cotton and dye
Dimensions
170 × 251 cm (66 15/16 × 98 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund and anonymous gift
Object Number
2019-127
Place Made

Africa, Ghana or Togo

Culture
African, Ewe
Type
kente, textiles, wrappers (garments)
Materials
dye, cotton (textile)
Techniques
weaving
Subject
symbolism, symbols, geometric patterns, proverbs, iconography, prestige

[Private collection, Accra, Ghana]; [Adire African Textiles, London, UK, acquired from the above, March 2019]; Princeton University Art Museum, acquired from the above, May 2019

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