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

Akwete cloth

Maker Igbo Artist
Date1960s-1970s
Made/manufacturedAkwete, Nigeria, Africa
Mediumrayon, cotton
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Marian Davis
Object number2016.38.9
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Descriptionstrip woven cloth with brown warp and weft with gold floating weft patterns: tortoise, lock and chain for securing canoe, snake and saw.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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1965-1967
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