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Cloth3448/4

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.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3343/8 a-c

Two piece dress- shirt (part a) and long skirt (part b)- with long belt or sash (part c). Black zigzag design across all parts. Inside zigzags are blue, pink and light brown V shapes in rows, outlined in black. Shirt has three quarter length bell sleeves. Two pleats down front and back, giving top a flared waist. Zipper running down entire back. Hook clasp above zipper. Interior of top, except sleeves, lined with white cotton. Neckline and cuff interiors lined with black cotton. Skirt has drawstring waist, ties at centre back. Two pleats running down left and right sides of skirt. Black cotton lining along interior of waistline. Back of sash or belt lined with black cotton. All pieces of dress are hemmed.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
cotton fibre and metal
Made in
Kumasi, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3343/7 a-b

Two piece dress- shirt (part a) and long skirt (part b). All parts have same design. Shirt and skirt are off-white with wavy light brown lines. Overtop are grid squares, outlined in dark brown, olive green and orange patterned lines. Inside the squares are olive green and orange geometric shapes, outlined in dotted dark brown lines. Shirt has high neckline, with Peter Pan collar and short puff sleeves. Closed with five, cloth covered plastic buttons on front. Shirt has tapered waist and white cotton interior lining- except in the sleeves. Skirt has drawstring waist, ties at centre back. Long slit ends halfway up back of skirt. Interior unlined. All parts of dress are hemmed.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Kumasi, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ring3055/182

Round, plain metal ring.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/166

Gold weight. Relatively rectangular metal piece with incised polka dot design on all sides. One of the short sides is sloped.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/155

Gold weight. Two metal drums with wide bodies and narrow bases, connected at the rims and bodies. Each drum has two projections that extend outwards from its rim on one side. The decoration around the top edges of the drums consist of zigzag lines and upraised circles. Vertical lines run the length of the drum bodies and bases.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/144

Gold weight. Relatively-square metal piece with upraised geometric design. Design has a zigzag line on one half of the top surface and two squares on the other. One square consists of three vertical lines and the other three horizontal lines.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/143

Gold weight. Flat, rectangular metal piece with upraised design consisting of three rectangles connected by a line running down the centre of the piece.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/142

Gold weight. Shiny, rectangular metal piece with upraised design consisting of a series of short vertical lines connected to a long horizontal line.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3055/40

Gold weight. Thick rectangular metal piece with design consisting of three upraised parallel bars.

Culture
Asante
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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