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Strip woven cloth hand sewn at selvedges; red, yellow, tan, green and black; warp and weft patterns, some floating weft designs and openwork. Elaborate warp and weft patterns. Weft patterns include hands, fish and geometric abstract motifs that may be identifiable by experts.
Man's Wrapper
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Man's Wrapper

Maker Ewe Artist
Date20th century
Place of originGhana, Africa
MediumCotton, rayon
Dimensions6 x 10 in. (15.2 x 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund
Object number2011.36.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionStrip woven cloth hand sewn at selvedges; red, yellow, tan, green and black; warp and weft patterns, some floating weft designs and openwork. Elaborate warp and weft patterns. Weft patterns include hands, fish and geometric abstract motifs that may be identifiable by experts.
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