- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Kente cloth.
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1956
- Date collected
- By 1956
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1956
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Silk Textile Animal, Process Woven
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1956.12.105B
Search terms: Textile
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