Cloth
Item number 3448/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Kente cloth composed of eight dark blue hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge, and then embroidered with designs within small rectangles. The entire cloth is covered in rectangles of designs with more of the blue background showing through in the centre area. Short blue fringed ends.
History Of Use
Kente cloth is known for its colourful hand-woven patterns and is worn to celebrate special events. Over three hundred types of patterns have been identified and each contains layers of meaning derived from proverbs, historical events, authority figures and plants. In
Ghana
, it was customarily worn only by kings as a ceremonial cloth but it is now worn widespread. Kente cloth is viewed by the African diaspora as an icon of African cultural heritage wherever it is worn.
Narrative
Acquired in a Vancouver thrift shop in 2011.
Item History
- Made in Ghana
- Owned by Denise Jacques before September 16, 2020
- Received from Denise Jacques (Donor) on September 16, 2020
What
- Name
- Cloth
- Identification Number
- 3448/4
- Type of Item
- cloth
- Material
- cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 182.7 cm, width 65.4 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ghana
Who
- Culture
- Ghanaian
- Previous Owner
- Denise Jacques
- Received from
- Denise Jacques (Donor)
When
- Ownership Date
- before September 16, 2020
- Acquisition Date
- on September 16, 2020
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3448/0004
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