Kente Textile
About this object
Narrative
Tchuemegne purchased this kente cloth from Mr. John Boeteng in the Kumassi region of Ghana.
Specific techniques
The weaving method includes plying two colours together. The weft motif is in silk and the warp motif is in cotton.
Physical description
Kente cloth composed of twenty-three hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a multi-coloured checkered pattern; done in black, yellow, red, green and blue. The embroidered designs in the centre of the cloth consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes, ladder-like stripes and geometric motifs; done in dark yellow, black, dark red, blue, green, and light orange. Left and right edges are covered entirely in embroidery, consisting of a rectangular block design. Blocks are filled with horizontal and vertical stripes, checkers, and parallelogram-like shapes; done in dark orange, dark red, dark yellow, green, yellow, dark blue and light pink. Tag attached to back bottom right corner.
Categories
Materials
Date Acquired
27 Jan 2021
How Acquired
Sold
Credit Line
Purchase funded by the Michael O'Brian Family FoundationMore...
Measurements
Overall: 189.9 cm x 310.4 cm
Object Number
3473/4