Kente Cloth
MOA: University of British Columbia
3595/28
Strip of kente cloth composed of eight rectangular sections of blue with red, yellow, black, and white stripes. The blue sections are separated by smaller sections of green, red, yellow, and black stripes. There are also small sections of blue with red, yellow, black, and white stripes, but with yellow and red geometric shapes or lines embroidered on top. Near both ends of the strip are sections of lines composed of red and yellow stripes, and red and yellow checkered boxes. Each section is delineated by thin white lines. The strip is rectangular and has a fringe on the shortest ends.
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Narrative
Purchased by the Kelowna Museum (now the Okanagan Heritage Museum) from Mr and Mrs Henry Hildebrand in 1982.
- Type of Item cloth
- Culture Ghanaian
- Material fibre, dye
- Measurements height 324.5 cm, width 10.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Okanagan Heritage Museum
- Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum
- Made in Ghana
- Ownership Date before September 14, 2022
- Acquisition Date on September 14, 2022
- Item Classes textiles
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3595/0028