Kente Wrapper

Textiles

1900/50

Asante
Ghana

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Asante
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: 21 strips joined: rayon, plain weaves with supplementary brocading wefts
Dimensions: 215 × 213.2 cm (124 × 83 7/8 in.); Approximate strip: W.: 11 cm (4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Abraham Hoffer
Reference Number: 1994.646

Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Jan. 24-May 20, 2013.

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