Collection place: Ghana / Collector: William Russell Bascom / Function: 8.3 For Manufacturing - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cloth, accession number 5-16390, described as narrow loomed keta cloth composed of 18 stripes woven in lengthwise stripes of navy, yellow, blue-gray, green, navy, brown, and tan. warp overlap band of crosswise stripes in bright colors are interspaced along the length of each band. strips are hand sewn together and hand hemmed at each end. Purchased at Kumasi Market

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16408, described as Ashanti cloth. narrow loom Khente cloth made up of 13 bands 8-9cm wide. 4 bands are traditional yellow, dark red, navy, green, hand loomed, separated by 1,2, or 3 bands of indigo and white. bands sewn together by hand.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-16471, described as Ashnati strip cloth. Khenti style, narrow loom woven strip with ecru base, yellow, green, maroon, black woven patterns of stripes and hourglass shapes. finished with warp fringe.

Hearst Museum object titled Wood sample, accession number 5-11697, described as Wood samples; seven types.