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Cloth (Adinkra)
Cloth (Adinkra)

Cloth (Adinkra)

Maker Ghanaian
Object number81.17.470
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, African Panoplies: Art for Rulers, Traders, Hunters, and Priests, Apr. 21 - Aug. 14, 1988.
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions83 in. (210.8 cm) L.: 136 15/16 in.
MediumCloth (strip weave)
Photo: Paul Macapia
Kente cloth: (Aberewa Bene "Wise Old Lady")
Ghanaian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.433
Photo: Paul Macapia
Kente Cloth: (Nkontompo Ntama, "liar's cloth")
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.466
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Cloth (Kente)
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.461.1
Image Not Available for Cloth (Kente)
Cloth (Kente)
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.461.2
Cloth
Cloth
Ghanaian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.321
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
Kente Cloth
Kente Cloth
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.458
Photo: Paul Macapia
Kente Cloth: (Mmaaban, "unity is strength")
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.459
Kente Cloth
Kente Cloth
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.465
Cloth
Cloth
Ghanaian
Object number: 81.17.467