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