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

Man's Cloth (adanudo)

Maker Ewe Artist

Date1940s

Made/manufacturedGhana, Africa

MediumCotton, rayon

Dimensions6 ft. 7 in. x 9 ft. 6 in. (200.7 x 289.6 cm)

ClassificationsTextiles

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the Phil and Barbara Emmer Art Acquisition Endowment with additional funds provided by the Carolione Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund

Object number2004.4.3

Collections

AFRICAN

Description19 panels, all hand sewn. Medium weight all cotton cloth with orange/gold rayon overshot yarn to fabricate the kola nut leaf motifs. Ten yarn colors were used, in addition to the overshot, with colored warps and wefts creating an additional secondary palette of colors.

Purple, rose and gray with stripes and plaids, 19 strip-woven panels hand-sewn together. Warp and weft dyed in 11 colors with rayon overshot with cocoa leaf motifs.