Royal man's kente (prestige cloth)
Purchase, William B. Goldstein, MD, Gift, and Julie Jason, Ilona Eken, and Leila Laoun Gift, 2023
Catalogue
- Year
- 1905
- Medium
- Silk, dye
- Dimensions
- 80 1/4 in. × 10 ft. 7 1/2 in. (203.8 × 323.9 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Asante
Artist

Asante is both an Ashanti surname and a masculine Ashanti given name. Notable people with the Ashanti name include:
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





