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these cloths are genuine Asante kente woven and collected in Ghana. They
are old kente cloths that have been worn and carefully treasured by the
man or woman that first commissioned them from the weavers. Men's
cloths, which were worn draped toga-fashion, are larger, around 3 metres
by 2 metres. Women's cloths, which were usually worn in pairs, are about
2.5 metres by 1.5 metres. Each is in good to excellent condition.
Some Asante kente cloths are woven from cotton, a very few highly prized
heirloom pieces are silk, but the vast majority are woven from rayon,
which was adopted by Asante weavers as a substitute for more expensive
silk soon after it became commercially available, at least by the
1930s/40s. Rayon has been used for some of the finest 20th century
Asante textiles and is often found in cloths in major museum
collections.
Please be patient as the images may take a minute to download. As with all our cloths we guarantee a full refund if you are not satisfied with any order. CLICK on the images for a bigger picture plus full details of size and condition for each cloth, together with ordering information.
Click picture below to access our newly revised Kente information resources
(c) Duncan Clarke, Version 14/07/2009 |
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