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Kente (prestige cloth)

ca. 1965
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Kente (prestige cloth)
  • Artist: Asante-Akan artist
  • Date: ca. 1965
  • Geography: Ghana, Bonwire
  • Culture: Asante-Akan artist
  • Medium: Cotton
  • Dimensions: Length 68 in.
  • Classification: Textiles-Woven
  • Credit Line: Gift of Labelle Prussin, 1999
  • Object Number: 1999.366.1a-c
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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