Men's Wrapper (Kente) | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1940–62

Not on view

Medium: Silk
Dimensions: 92 × 132 in. (233.68 × 335.28 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Rachel Volberg
Accession Number: 2011.222.2
Geography: Ghana
Culture: Asante
Period: 20th century
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

Labelle Prussin purchased in 1962 in Bonwire, Ghana
Donated to Yale University Art Gallery by her daughter Dr. Rachel Volberg in 2011

Bibliography

"Acquisitions," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2012.pdf (accessed December 21, 2012).

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

clothing, textile materials, wrappers (garments)

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