About the Artwork
Kontomponi Tama (Liar's Cloth)
late 19th or early 20th century
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African
Asante
Cotton
Overall: 120 × 80 inches (304.8 × 203.2 cm)
Textiles
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Friends of African and African American Art
1998.61
Public Domain
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Provenance
Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA);1998-present, purchase by 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. 58 (fig. 3.7).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Asante, African, Kontomponi Tama (Liar's Cloth), late 19th or early 20th century, cotton. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Friends of African and African American Art, 1998.61.
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