About the Artwork
Man's Kente Cloth
20th century
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African
Asante
Woven cotton
Overall: 120 1/4 × 90 inches (305.4 × 228.6 cm)
Costumes
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, Benson and Edith Ford Fund
1990.24
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Ray Silverman
1990-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. 57 (fig. 3.4).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Asante, African, Man's Kente Cloth, 20th century, woven cotton. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, 1990.24.
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