Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Panel (Algeria), 18th–19th century

  Small hanging or shawl of fine, loosely woven linen, embroidered in silk in blue, violet, red, olive green, pink and white. Design symmetrically arranged, of stylized plants with spiky, angular…

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  Adinkra Ceremonial Wrapper (Ghana), mid-20th century

  Woman’s cotton wrapper, dyed dark brown and printed with hand-carved stamps in a dark glossy ink. The cloth is divided into a grid of four by seven squares; each square…

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  Wrapper (Ghana), 20th century

  Cotton, dyed dark brown and block-printed in a dark glossy substance, in geometric patterns in groups of three rows, forming rectangles. The motifs are carved on calabashes then stamped on…

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  Textile (Ghana), ca. 1960

  Sample of tied- and stitched-resist patterns, indigo-dyed and partially opened.

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  Strip (Ghana), mid- 20th century

  Narrow woven strip with bands of pattern, including stair-steps, interlocking squares, and zig-zags, in black, blue, green, yellow/orange, and dark red. Patterns are formed by alternating warp-faced plain weave with…

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  Strip (Ghana), mid- 20th century

  Narrow woven strip with bands of pattern in black, blue, green, yellow/orange, and dark red. Patterns are formed by alternating warp-faced plain weave with weft-faced plain weave on grouped warps,…

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  Strip (Ghana), mid- 20th century

  Narrow woven strip with bands of pattern in black, blue, green, yellow/orange, and dark red. Patterns are formed by alternating warp-faced plain weave with weft-faced plain weave on grouped warps,…

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  Strip (Ghana), mid- 20th century

  Narrow woven strip with bands of striped and stepped patterns, in black, blue, green, yellow/orange, and dark red. Patterns are formed by alternating warp-faced plain weave with weft-faced plain weave…

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  Strip (Ghana), mid- 20th century

  Narrow woven strip with bands of striped, stepped and zig-zag patterns, in black, blue, green, yellow/orange, and dark red. Patterns are formed by alternating warp-faced plain weave with weft-faced plain…

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  Strip (Ghana), mid- 20th century

  Narrow woven strip with bands of pattern in black, blue, green, yellow/orange, and dark red. Patterns are formed by alternating warp-faced plain weave with weft-faced plain weave on grouped warps,…