Curtain

Textile

2003-58-21

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-58-21
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Ghana
Section African
Materials Cotton | Pigment | Metal
Technique Woven | Printed | Dyed
Description

Cotton fabric dyed light pink with dark purple/maroon printed scenes of adinkra symbols and geometric shapes. At base is a crane and dog sharing a meal with a thatched hut and palm trees in back ground. Pattern repeats itself. Attached to top are four brass rings used to hang curtain.

Height 78 cm
Width 112 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1967.1.6 - Other Number

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