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Kente Wrapper

Kente Wrapper

Asante Ghana
Date
1900/25
Medium
Silk and rayon, twenty-four narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and weft-faced plain weave; joined; main warp fringe
Dimensions
321.2 × 199.6 cm (126 3/8 × 78 5/8 in.); Approximate strip: W.: 8.3 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ruttenberg