Man's Kente Cloth

Man's Kente Cloth, 20th century

  • Asante, African

Woven cotton

  • Overall: 120 1/4 × 90 inches (305.4 × 228.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Benson and Edith Ford Fund

1990.24

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Ray Silverman

1990-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Ceremonial Cloths, Costumes, and Flags.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 57 (fig. 3.4).

Asante, African, Man's Kente Cloth, 20th century, woven cotton. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, 1990.24.

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