Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Man's Wrapper

Maker Ewe Artist

Date20th century

Made/manufacturedGhana, 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

On View

Not on view

Collections

AFRICAN

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.