Context (Production / use)
According to donor this cloth is nearly obselete owing to the extension of roads and the advent of motor cars.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
(bib) for description of manufacture see Rattray 'Religion and Art in Ashanti' 1927, p. 220
Event Date 1927
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Piece of barkcloth called Kyen Kyen.
Event Date 1934
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Related Documents)
Note on catalogue card reads: 'letter 8-10-34'
Event Date 8/10/1934
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Very rough, coarse, thick, un-dyed (natural or creamy coloured) and unfinished pieces of barkcloth.
Event Date 4/11/2004
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Kyen Kyen, roughly rectangular piece of barkcloth, coarse surface. It is un-dyed and the edges are rough suggesting it is unfinished.
Event Date 12/4/2022
Author: Louise Puckett