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Kente Cloth
Kente Cloth

Kente Cloth

Maker Ghanaian
Object number81.17.458
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions70 7/8 in. (180 cm) L.: 113 in.
MediumSilk cloth (strip weave)
Photo: Paul Macapia
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Ghanaian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.433
Photo: Paul Macapia
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.466
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Cloth (Kente)
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.461.1
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Cloth (Kente)
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.461.2
Photo: Paul Macapia
Kente Cloth: (Mmeeda, "something that has not happened before")
Ghanaian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.434
Kente Cloth
Kente Cloth
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.437
Kente Cloth
Kente Cloth
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.456
Photo: Paul Macapia
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Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.459
Kente Cloth
Kente Cloth
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.465
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Cloth (Kente)
Akan
Object number: 81.17.457
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Cloth (Kente)
Akan
Object number: 81.17.463
Cloth
Cloth
Ghanaian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.321