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Kente Cloth

Akan

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Caption

Akan. Kente Cloth, Rayon, silk, 76 1/4 x 42 1/2 in. (193.7 x 108 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Franklin H. Williams, 79.237.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Akan

Title

Kente Cloth

Geography

Place made: Ghana

Medium

Rayon, silk

Classification

Textile

Dimensions

76 1/4 x 42 1/2 in. (193.7 x 108 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Franklin H. Williams

Accession Number

79.237.2

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Artists and makers

Akan

323 works in the collection