Funeral Cloth

MOA: University of British Columbia

3530/3

Brown cloth composed of eight strips of fabric; six span the length of the cloth, two are shorter and make up one row. Strips are stitched together along the long edges and decorated with kente embroidery; done in yellow with alternating green, black and red stripes. Adinkra symbols stamped throughout; stamps consist of alternating blocks of swirls, vertical lines, columns of hourglass-like shapes, concentric circles, and diamonds in a line grid; stamps done in dark metallic grey. Back of cloth is undecorated.


  • Type of Item cloth
  • Culture Ghanaian
  • Material fibre, dye
  • Measurements height 215.9 cm, width 332.7 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Darren Schemmer
  • Received from Darren Schemmer

  • Made in Ghana

  • Collection Date during 2010
  • Ownership Date before September 29, 2021
  • Acquisition Date on September 29, 2021

  • Item Classes textiles
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3530/0003