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man's wrapper; oyokomon kente

Asante peoplemid 1900s

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Indianapolis, United States

24 pattern-woven strips joined selvedge to selvedge by whip stitching to create a larger cloth; three different warps (variously colored and striped) among the strips; blocks of weft faced patterning and brocading spaced throughout the strips intermittently within passages of plain weave; colors include red, yellow, green, blue, black and white; five abutting blocks of weft faced patterning and brocading at the ends of each strip form a border along the top and bottom edges of the cloth when the strips are joined; the top and bottom edges are un-hemmed, ending in a short fringe.

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  • Title: man's wrapper; oyokomon kente
  • Creator: Asante people
  • Date Created: mid 1900s
  • Rights: No Known Rights Holder
  • Medium / Support: rayon and/or silk?
  • External Link: See this object at www.imamuseum.org
  • Dimensions: height: 105 5/16 in width: 81 5/8 in
  • Department: Textile and Fashion Arts
  • Credit Line: The Budd Stalnaker Collection of African Textiles
  • Accession Number: 2007.118
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

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