About the Artwork
Blue & White Kente
late 19th or early 20th century
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African
Asante
Cotton and indigo dye
Overall: 122 1/4 × 79 1/4 inches (310.5 × 201.3 cm)
Textiles
African Art
Gift of Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome
2002.194
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA)
2003-present, gift to 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. 56 (fig. 3.3).
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Asante, African, Blue & White Kente, late 19th or early 20th century, cotton and indigo dye. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome, 2002.194.
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