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THBAfrican Ashanti Kente Cloth - ca. 1950
Lot 112b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
West Africa, Ghana, Ashanti, ca. 1950. A beautiful and quite sizeable Asante (Ashanti) kente cloth, finely handwoven from cotton and silk fibers of fuschia, wine red, tangerine orange, kelly green, black, and creamy white - displaying a mesmerizing pattern comprised of countless striated panels oriented in juxtaposed vertical and horizontal directions - some with additional zigzag or abstract butterfly-like motifs - that are stitched together to form this large, special Kente cloth. Kente cloth has a fascinating history (see below); it was originally reserved for elite Asante royalty and limited to ritualistic and special social occasions. Today, it is still associated with sophistication and those of elite social status. Size: 119.25" L x 60" W (302.9 cm x 152.4 cm)
For the Asante (Ashanti) people of Ghana, a beloved legend describes how two male friends —Ota Karaban and Kwaku Ameyaw—learned the art of weaving by observing a spider weaving a web. One particular night, when the pair was checking their animal traps in the forest, they were struck by this web's marvelous patterns sparkling in the moonlight. Ananse, as the spider was called, offered to teach the men how to weave these designs in exchange for several favors. The men in turn learned how to weave the designs with a single thread and returned home to Bonwire. Soon Asantehene Osei Tutu, first ruler of the Asante kingdom, learned of their discovery. Named kente, this creation was coveted as a royal cloth reserved for special occasions, and Bonwire became the leading kente weaving center for the asantehene and his court.
Provenance: Poos Collection, Overland Park, Kansas, USA - One of the largest privately held quilt and textile collections in the world, the Poos Collection has evolved over 50 years and through extensive travels to allow for original or point of source acquisition. The collection includes international textiles and garments with an emphasis on West African textiles such as adire, aso oke, kente, and ewe woven prestige cloths.
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#145218Some repairs and restitching to panels. Minor stains. Areas of loosened and missing fibers as well as a few separated seams, but overall very good.Condition
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