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

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.