Kente cloth

CultureAsante peoples
Titles
  • Kente cloth
Date1900–1910
PlaceSub-Saharan, Africa
MediumCotton and rayon
Dimensions135 × 88 in. (342.9 × 223.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.764
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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition History"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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