White on Red Ewe

E1145 – Beautiful and very unusual colour palette on this fine Ewe kente chief’s cloth, with the weft float motifs and weft faced blocks predominantly in white or very pale yellow on a mainly red background.
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Description

Beautiful and very unusual colour palette on this fine Ewe kente chief’s cloth, with the weft float motifs and weft faced blocks predominantly in white or very pale yellow on a mainly red background.  Neatly woven extra weft float motifs include some figurative and anthropomorphic designs. One or two strips have been removed to make some neat patched repairs.  Dates from circa 1930s.

Measures 127 inches X 72, 322 cm X 182.

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