About the Artwork
Adinkra
early 20th century
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African
Akan
Cotton fabric, vegetable dye, and colored threads
Overall: 132 × 89 inches (3 m 35.3 cm × 226.1 cm)
Textiles
African Art
Museum Purchase with funds from Friends of African and African-American Art
2005.30
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Oumar Doucoure
2005-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Ceremonial Cloths, Costumes, and Flags,” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 62 (fig. 3.13).
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Akan, African, Adinkra, early 20th century, cotton fabric, vegetable dye, and colored threads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase with funds from Friends of African and African-American Art, 2005.30.
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