Man's wrapper (kente)
mid 20th century
Object PlaceGhana
Medium/TechniqueRayon and cotton plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, strip woven and pieced
DimensionsHeight x width: 304.8 × 218.4 cm (120 × 86 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert and Bettye Freeman in honor of Kathryn Gunsch
Accession number2022.93
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ProvenanceBetween 1955 and 1966, acquired in Ghana by Robert Turner Freeman (b. 1918 – d. 2001) and Mary Jones Freeman (b. 1918 - d. 2009), Ghana and Washington, DC; February 7, 2009, by inheritance to their son, Robert T. Freeman and his wife, Bettye Freeman, Boston; 2022, gift of Robert T. and Bettye Freeman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 16, 2022)
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