Kente Wrapper

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Ewe

Title

Kente Wrapper

Place

Ghana (Object made in:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1900–1950

Medium

Cotton, 24 narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave; joined; warp fringe

Dimensions

296.4 × 188.4 cm (116 3/4 × 74 1/8 in.); Strip: W.: 7.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Deborah Stokes and Jeffrey Hammer

Reference Number

1983.761

Extended information about this artwork

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