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Cloth

Sumptuously woven cotton fabric featuring an array of colours – black, white, green, yellow, red, orange and blue. It is an example of narrow strip weaving using the Kente technique. Narrow strip weaving is typical for West Africa and is performed exclusively by men.

Data Provider
Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Ewe
Object type
Tuch
Dimensions
Breite: 1970.0 mm, Länge: 4220.0 mm
Material/Technique
Web work
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2972

Provenance and sources

when
1940 - 1991

when
1992

where
Africa (location/origin)
Togo (location/origin)
who
Krieg, Karl H. - Collectors

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