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Ewe
Ghana

Pair of Woman's Kente-Style Wrappers, Mid-20th century

.1: Pieced of fifteen strips of cotton, warp striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and self-patterned by bands of ground weft-floats
.2: Pieced of twelve strips of cotton, warp striped plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and self-patterned by bands of ground weft-floats
.1: 172 x 137.4 cm (67 3/4 x 54 1/8 in.)
.2: 166 x 106.8 cm (65 3/8 x 42 in.)
Gift of Gil and Roda Graham, 2002.537.1-2