About This Artwork
Wrapper (Kente)Mid-20th century
Silk, cotton, and rayon, twenty-seven narrow woven strips of plain weave with bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and bands of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; joined
335.2 x 231 cm (132 x 91 in.)
Strip width: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Gift of Richard Faletti, the Faletti Family Collection, 1991.761
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Africa, Oceania and the Americas Galleries, In conjunction with "Gift, Bequest and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from
1988–1992," January 25–December 8, 1994
Publication History
The Art Institute of Chicago. "African Art at The Art Institute of Chicago." Museum Studies. vol. 23, no. 2. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1997. p. 142 (image only).