File:Adinkra cloth.JPG
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English: Adinkra mourning cloth collected by Thomas Edward Bowdich in 1817.
Bowdich obtained this cotton cloth in Kumasi, a city in south-central Ghana. The patterns were printed using carved calabash stamps and a vegetable-based dye. This oldest known example of adinkra art and features fifteen stamped symbols, including nsroma (stars), dono ntoasuo (double Dono drums), and diamonds. British Museum. |
Date | 18th century cloth, collected in 1817 |
Source | http://www.history.buffalo.edu/documents/SeemanWMQ.pdf |
Author | photo of 2D work more than 100 years old |
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File change date and time | 23:45, 12 April 2011 |
Unique image ID | 416A117E325C444BB94E1F3ABF6D916A |