Accession No
1982.2902
Description
Long shawl made from five strips of kente cloth with fringe. Kente cloth woven with geometric motifs including stripes, squares and stepped pyramids; green background with pattern in yellow, maroon, black and blue; green fringe at either end.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; ?Ashanti Region
Period
Source
Duffus, William Algernon Holwell (Sir) [collector]; Duffus, Helen (Lady) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1982.2902
Cultural Affliation
Asante
Material
Cloth; Cotton
Local Term
Measurements
495mm x 1800mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Shawl made of strips of modern 'kente' cloth'
Event Date 1982
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
'Kente' cloth with geometric designs made of 5 ? silk or?synthetic fibre strips in yellow, red, green, blue and black. Green fringe at each end.
Event Date 26/7/2005
Author: Katrina Dring
Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.691 | Repack
Event Date 11/3/2015
Author: cft31
Context (Analysis)
If Ashanti is correct as the place given (and not referring to the people) than the Place field should in fact read Ashanti Region as this is the only place name with Ashanti in it I have come across.
Event Date 22/6/2015
Author: Remke van der Velden
Description (Physical description)
Woven textile. Consists of smaller panels sewn together to form larger piece. Panels are multicoloured (yellow, black, white, red, green, blue) with geometric patterns.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Long shawl made from five strips of kente cloth with fringe. Kente cloth woven with geometric motifs including stripes, squares and stepped pyramids; green background with pattern in yellow, maroon, black and blue; green fringe at either end.
Event Date 7/10/2022
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:131007
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