Kente Wrapper (Nsaduaso)
Asante
1925–1975
- Medium
- Silk, cotton, and rayon, 27 narrow woven strips of plain weave with bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and bands of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; joined
- Dimensions
- 335.2 × 231 cm (132 × 91 in.); Strip: W.: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- kente
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
cotton (textile)stripeskenterayonasantegeometricafricanzigzagsbrocadingarts of Africasilk (textile)Coastal West AfricaAfrican TextilestrianglesrectanglesTextileweavingplain weaving
About
The specialized designs, color combinations, and warp-strip configurations that define kente cloth, which makes up this wrapper, were probably first created under the patronage of the Asantehene, monarch of the historical Kingdom of Asante. Draped over one shoulder and falling to the wearer’s feet in lavish folds, the finely woven cloth is only one part of the rich array of royal presentation regalia and visual markers of kingship, wealth, and status.
