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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