Kente cloth

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CultureEwe peoples

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Kente cloth

Date1900–1925

Possible placeGhana, Africa

Possible placeTogo, Africa

MediumCotton

Dimensions70 1/16 × 115 1/16 in. (177.9 × 292.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.776

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African Art, Glassell Collection

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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.

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