Blue & White Kente, early 20th century

  • Asante, African

Cotton with indigo dye

  • Overall: 130 1/2 × 74 1/2 inches (3 m 31.5 cm × 189.2 cm)

Gift of Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome

2002.193

Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA)

2003-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Ceremonial Cloths, Costumes, and Flags,” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 57 (fig. 3.5).

Asante, African, Blue & White Kente, early 20th century, cotton with indigo dye. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome, 2002.193.