Curtain

Textile

2003-58-19

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-58-19
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Ghana
Section African
Materials Cotton | Pigment | Metal
Technique Woven | Printed
Description

White cotton fabric with printed back drop of yellow stripes. On top of stripes printed in purple is a basket of fruit with the following text, " BUAMC CMEI LE ANNA KLEC KLEC NI OFIMC AME KIU KIU KONI OSA NI AKOKO LE OKEWO ABOOO LE M | I " appearing in a repeating pattern. (Note: All "C" are written in reverse.) Attached to top of fabric are five brass rings used to hang the curtain.

Height 78 cm
Width 130 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1967.1.4 - Other Number

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