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Akwete cloth
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Akwete cloth
Maker
Artist unknown,
Igbo Artist
Date
1960s-1970s
Made/manufactured
Akwete, Nigeria, Africa
Medium
Rayon, cotton
Classifications
Textiles
Credit Line
Gift of Marian Davis
Object number
2016.38.9
On View
Not on view
Collections
AFRICAN
Description
strip woven cloth with brown warp and weft with gold floating weft patterns: tortoise, lock and chain for securing canoe, snake and saw.
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