About the Artwork
Cloth of the Great
mid-20th century
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African
Akan
Wool and silk threads
Overall: 128 1/2 × 80 3/4 inches (3 m 26.4 cm × 205.1 cm)
Textiles
African Art
Gift of Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome
2002.192
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Provenance
Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA);2003-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Ceremonial Cloths, Costumes, and Flags,” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 63 (fig. 3.14).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Akan, African, Cloth of the Great, mid-20th century, wool and silk threads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome, 2002.192.
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