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Kente style cloth
1985
A multicoloured 8-strip Kente syle cloth (men’s weave). The brightly coloured strips, featuring supplementary weft float elements, are woven on a narrow horizontal loom and joined together to make a...
Kente style cloth strip
1985
A multicoloured Kente style cloth strip 'scarf' with supplementary weft floats (including the name of one of the donors, ANN O'HEAR). A men's weave fabric woven on a narrow horizontal loom. This clot...
Kente style cloth strip
1985
A multicoloured Kente style cloth strip 'scarf' with supplementary weft floats (including the name of one of the donors, H OHEAR). A men's weave fabric woven on a narrow horizontal loom. This cloth ...
Kente style cloth
before 1967
Kente cloth is produced by the Asante and Ewe peoples of Ghana. The name comes from the word 'kenten', which means basket. Long strips are sewn together to make cloths and garments. Originally a clo...
Kente style cloth
20th century
Kente cloth is produced by the Asante and Ewe peoples of Ghana. The name comes from the word 'kenten', which means basket. Long strips are sewn together to make cloths and garments. Originally a clo...
Kente style cloth
before 1967
Kente cloth is produced by the Asante and Ewe peoples of Ghana. The name comes from the word 'kenten', which means basket. Long strips are sewn together to make cloths and garments. Originally a clo...
The O'Hear Collection: Overview of Adire and Yoruba Batik, Research Notes and Bibliography
2017
The documents attached to this record were written by Ann O’Hear in 2017 to aid research into the O’Hear Collection of West African textiles, and to reference the work undertaken during documentat...