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Asante, African
Blue & White Kente, late 19th or early 20th century
cotton and indigo dye
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Artist Asante, African
Title
  • Blue & White Kente
Date late 19th or early 20th century
Medium Cotton and indigo dye
Dimensions Overall: 122 1/4 × 79 1/4 inches (310.5 × 201.3 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome
Accession Number 2002.194
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
Provenance
Dr. Nii O. Quarcoopome (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA);
2003-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Ceremonial Cloths, Costumes, and Flags,” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 56 (fig. 3.3).