Man's Wrapper (Akunitan)

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20th century

Akan
Ghana

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Artist: Akan
Title: Man's Wrapper (Akunitan)
Origin: Ghana
Date: 1901–1986
Medium: Wool, 2:2 broken twill weave; fulled; embroidered with rayon in chain stitches; two lengths joined
Dimensions: 211.7 x 342.2 cm (83 3/8 x 134 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ruttenberg
Reference Number: 1986.1045

Nii Otokunor Quarcoopome, “Art of the Akan,” African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies (1997), vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 141-142; pp. 141 (ill.), cat. 18.

The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of African Art and Indian Art of the Americas, Gallery 137, January 13-May 10, 2016

David C. Ruttenberg and Sarajean Ruttenberg, Ruttenberg Arts Foundation, Chicago, Ill., by 1986; given to the Art Institute, 1986

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