Kente Wrapper
Ewe
1925–1975
- Medium
- 20 strips of cotton, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and bands of weft-faced weave on warp groupings of four warps; pieced
- Dimensions
- 282.2 × 188.5 cm (111 1/8 × 74 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- kente
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
eweheart shapestripeskentecheckerboardsgeometricafricanbrocadingarts of AfricaCoastal West AfricaAfrican Textilesrectanglescostumecotton (fiber)Textileweavinggeometric motifplain weaving
