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Object Number 996-30-50/12591
Display Title Kente cloth strip
Descriptions
Object Description Kente cloth strip in royal blue, white, crimson, green, yellow and black with pattern of zigzags, stripes, steps and checks; short fringe
Inventory Description Woven cotton cloth, blue, green, red, yellow and black design
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Date 1990 ca.
Culture
  • Ashanti?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Materials Cotton, Rayon
Dimensions Overall: 191.2 x 10.3 x 0.1 cm (75 1/4 x 4 1/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 996-30-50/12591
Credit Line Gift of Kathleen Kansas Skelly
Provenance
Collector Kathleen Kansas Skelly (1990 ca. - 12/30/96)
Donor Kathleen Kansas Skelly (1990 ca. - 12/30/96)

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