African Kente Cloth Handmade Quilt Top Origin: Private estate Material: Cloth, cotton/cotton/silk
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Origin: Private estate Material: Cloth, cotton/cotton/silk blend Measures: 6' x 3.5' Condition: Very good handmade condition Kente refers to a Ghanaian textile, made of handwoven cloth, strips of silk and cotton. Historically the fabric was worn in a toga-like fashion by royalty among the Akan. It originated from Bonwire in the Ashanti region of Ghana.Kente comes from the word kenten, which means "basket" in the Asante dialect of the Akan language, referencing its basket-like pattern. In Ghana, the Akan ethnic group also refers to kente as nwentoma, meaning "woven cloth". Ashanti folklore includes a story where weavers invented kente by seeking to replicate the patterns of Anansi the spider
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African Kente Cloth Handmade Quilt Top Origin: Private estate Material: Cloth, cotton/cotton/silk
Estimate $55 - $120
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