Kente Textile Item Number: 3522/103 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Strip of bright orange kente cloth, with fringe on either end. Woven along the length are thirty-three bands. The first four bands on either side are identical alternating patterns; rest of bands, in centre, are identical alternating designs. The first design of the outer section is of irregularly shaped indigo triangles; second design of outer section is a red-purple and bright orange grid. The first design of the centre section is columns of indigo and red-purple stripes, with dotted indigo columns in the centre; second design is rows of thin indigo semi-circles, connected with horizontal lines. All bands are divided with white lines.
Would have been sewn together with other kente cloth strips to make a garment.
The donor taught in a rural school in Tobli, eastern Liberia, from 1965 to 1967.