Kente Wrapper
Ewe
1900–1950
- Medium
- Cotton, 24 narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave; joined; warp fringe
- Dimensions
- 296.4 × 188.4 cm (116 3/4 × 74 1/8 in.); Strip: W.: 7.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- kente
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
eweakanstripeskenteasantecheckerboardsgeometricafricanbrocadingarts of AfricaAfrican Textilestrianglesrectanglescostumecotton (fiber)Textileweavingplain weaving
