wrapper, kente

22 pattern-woven strips joined selvedge to selvedge by whip stitching to create a larger cloth; four different warps are present among the strips comprising the cloth: one is red with three multi-stripe stripes of white, black, variegated yellow and green (yellow and green threads used as one), black and white (primary weft for these strips is red); the second warp is dark blue with narrow and wider white stripes repeating across (primary weft is dark blue with rather widely spaced narrow white stripes resulting in a faint checked pattern when woven); the third is dark blue with white pin stripes (primary weft alternates dark blue and white narrow stripes resulting in overall small checked pattern with warp dominant white pinstripes); and the fourth is white with narrow black stripes (primary weft is white with narrow black stripes resulting in an overall check with warp dominant black stripes); portions of each strip are plain weave interspersed with bands of weft faced patterning in various stripes and checks; colors in the weft patterning include black, gold, red, white, green, orange and yellow, and occasionally a mid-value blue and navy blue; some of the weft faced patterning bands are woven with two different colors at once and appear as though a marled yarn was used; the color combination used in these areas are gold and red; red and white; gold and green; yellow and white; red and green; the strips are planned and woven so blocks of weft faced patterning alternate with areas of plain weave in such a way that an overall elongated checkerboard-like pattern is formed when the strips are joined; the top and bottom edges of the cloth are finished with a narrow turned and whip stitched hem.