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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.
Thin square weight with a decoration carved in high relief on top. Design consists of a left-facing swastika in the centre.
Thick square weight with raised decorations on top. Design is a swastika-like symbol, but with an extra arm (line) in each quadrant.
Thin rectangular weight with raised decorations on top. Design consists of a semi-circle, with a line through the middle, along one long edge and vertical lines along the other; horizontal line runs through centre of weight.
Square, tiered weight with incised decorations on top. Design consists of a row of alternating triangles in the middle, framed with vertical lines extending from the top and bottom edges.
Thick rectangular weight with semi-circular protrusions on each side; all sides are sloped. Raised decorations on top consist of two squares, side by side, with circles incised in their centres.
Thin rectangular gold weight with raised designs on top. Design consists of rounded triangles along one long edge and vertical lines along the other; horizontal line runs through centre of weight.
Brown cloth composed of eight strips of fabric; six span the length of the cloth, two are shorter and make up one row. Strips are stitched together along the long edges and decorated with kente embroidery; done in yellow with alternating green, black and red stripes. Adinkra symbols stamped throughout; stamps consist of alternating blocks of swirls, vertical lines, columns of hourglass-like shapes, concentric circles, and diamonds in a line grid; stamps done in dark metallic grey. Back of cloth is undecorated.
Kente cloth composed of eighteen hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in dark blue, white, light blue, maroon, yellow, green, and red. The embroidered designs are in the centre of the cloth and consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in yellow, dark green, blue, orange, blue-grey, green-grey and white. Tag attached to bottom right corner.
Kente cloth composed of twenty-two hand woven cloth strips, forming ten rows. Four strips span the entire length of the textile, six rows consist of three shorter strips. All have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in orange, light blue, white, light purple, dark blue, and red. The six shorter strips along the right side are attached to the cloth upside down, causing the pattern to break in the bottom corner. The embroidered designs cover the entire cloth, except the left edge. The designs consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in shades of yellow, green, red, white, orange, blue, and purple.