Ghanaian Textile (Kente), Volta Region, Ghana, Africa

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Digital Media Bank ID: 81624
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Description: Ewe made narrow strip woven Kente cloth, green ‘design cloth’ generically called Asidanuvor (this term is used in the Southern Ewe area of Volta Region, not in Agotime more Northern Ewe region). Alternated with balanced plain weave panels & balanced plain weave with supplementary weft panels and panels with supplementary weft motifs. These motifs are just visible on one face of the cloth. Hand stitched together. Collected as part of the Fashioning Africa Project
Categories: Collections, Collections/ Fashion & Textiles, Collections/ World Art/ Africa/ Fashioning Africa  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Caption: Ghanaian Textile (Kente), Volta Region, Ghana, Africa
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Description (Object or Artwork): Ewe made narrow strip woven Kente cloth, green ‘design cloth’ generically called Asidanuvor (this term is used in the Southern Ewe area of Volta Region, not in Agotime more Northern Ewe region). Alternated with balanced plain weave panels & balanced plain weave with supplementary weft panels and panels with supplementary weft motifs. These motifs are just visible on one face of the cloth. Hand stitched together. Collected as part of the Fashioning Africa Project
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Other Keywords: Fashioning Africa
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Size: 1.89 MB; 2699 x 1941 pixels; 229 x 164 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Landscape
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Linked Accession no.: R6063