Textile Item Number: K2.149 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small, rectangular shaped textile. This is a small sample of Khente cloth, which is normally five or six yards long and two yards wide, worn draped around the body and over one arm. Label reads, A.E. Asare and Co. Dento Mills Nsawan, Ghana. Green background with geometric and striped designs in red, orange, yellow; fringed at both ends.
Narrative
Collected by Dougal MacGregor while he was a teacher at the University of Accra , 1970.
Item History
- Made in Ghana
- Owned by Dugal Macgregor and Sue Macgregor before April 1970
- Received from Dugal Macgregor (Donor) and Sue Macgregor (Donor) during April 1970
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- K2.149
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- silk fibre and synthetic dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and sewn
- Overall
- height 42.7 cm, width 34.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Ewe
- Previous Owner
- Dugal Macgregor and Sue Macgregor
- Received from
- Dugal Macgregor (Donor) and Sue Macgregor (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ghana
When
- Ownership Date
- before April 1970
- Acquisition Date
- during April 1970
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0166/0003