Kente cloth

CultureEwe peoples
Titles
  • Kente cloth
Date1920–1940
Possible placeTogo, Africa
Possible placeGhana, Africa
MediumCotton
Dimensions61 × 111 in. (154.9 × 282 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.775
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.

"African Gold from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston"
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 13 March 2004 - 19 September 2004
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, 18 February 2005 - 31 May 2005
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, 26 May 2006 - 26 November 2006

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