Worgaba (Corn Energy)
Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble
(Ghanaian (Ewe))
Kokunvi Amegayi
(Ghanaian, born about 1960)
about 2004
Object PlaceGhana
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave with supplementary continuous patterning wefts; strips machine stitched (strip woven)
DimensionsOverall: 236.2 x 146.1 cm (93 x 57 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Jeremy and Hanne Grantham
Accession number2005.65
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
ProvenancePurchased from Bobbo Ahiagble, Craft Institute of Kente Weaving, Denu, Ghana by the MFA, February 23, 2005
19th century
18th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
18th century
early 19th century
18th or 19th century
1800–50
about 1860