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Cloth

Cloth

20th century

Ghanaian

Ewe

For over a thousand years, West Africa has been one of the world’s largest cotton, indigo and textile producing regions. This cloth demonstrates the unusual choice that weavers of the region have made—to weave cloth in strips that are sewn together. Vertical striping sets up a rhythm of repetition that is then interrupted by blocks of design with blue accents. While shown flat here, this cloth was originally worn wrapped around the owner.
Cotton
42 1/2 in. (108 cm)
L.: 65 in.
Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
81.17.460
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, African Panoplies: Art for Rulers, Traders, Hunters, and Priests, Apr. 21 - Aug. 14, 1988.

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