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Pectoral Disk (Akrafokonmu or Awisiado)
Asante
Gold and red ochre · 1925
Art Institute of Chicago

Kente Wrapper (Nsaduaso)
Asante
Silk, cotton, and rayon, 27 narrow woven strips of plain weave with bands of weft-faced, warp-ribbed plain weave and bands of plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; joined · 1925
Art Institute of Chicago

Woman's Wrapper
Asante
Cotton, sixteen narrow woven strips of warp-stripe, warp-faced plain weave, some with bands of weft-faced plain weave and warp-faced plain weave with discontinuous supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts; pieced · 1925
Art Institute of Chicago

Adinkra Wrapper
Asante
6 panels joined of factory-produced cotton, plain weave self-patterned by warp and weft floats;
embroidered with silk floss and viscose rayon threads in chain stitches · 1904
Art Institute of Chicago

Kente Wrapper
Asante
Rayon, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary and brocading weft patterning · 1901
Art Institute of Chicago

Kente Wrapper
Asante
Silk, 26 narrow woven strips of warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; joined; warp fringe · 1901
Art Institute of Chicago

Linguist Staff with Rooster and Hen (Okyeame Poma)
Asante
Wood and gold leaf · 1900
Art Institute of Chicago

Goldweight Depicting a Seated Figure with Arm Raised
Asante
Copper alloy · 1900
Art Institute of Chicago

Kente Wrapper
Asante
21 strips joined: rayon, plain weaves with supplementary brocading wefts · 1900
Art Institute of Chicago

Man's Kente Wrapper
Asante
Rayon and cotton, twenty-three narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; and weft-faced plain weave; joined; main warp fringe · 1900
Art Institute of Chicago

Kente Wrapper
Asante
Silk and rayon, twenty-four narrow woven strips with bands of warp-stripe plain weave, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, warp-stripe plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts, and weft-faced plain weave; joined; main warp fringe · 1900
Art Institute of Chicago

Stool with Cocoa-Pod Harvester
Asante
Wood and pigment · 1900
Art Institute of Chicago

Kente Wrapper
Asante
Cotton; plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts; unwoven warp sections between bands of weaving (warp floats); extending warp fringe; 24 strips of joined · 1900
Art Institute of Chicago

Royal Chair (Asipim)
Asante
Wood, brass, and leather · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Five-Petaled Flower-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Crescent-and-Star-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

"Ram's Horns" Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Concentric Circles-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Fern-Shaped Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Stamp for Adinkra Textile
Asante
Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago