Wrapped in pride : Ghanaian kente and African-American identity / Doran H. Ross ; with contributions by Agbenyega Adedze ... [et al.].
By: Ross, Doran H
Contributor(s): Adedze, Agbenyega | University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History | Newark Museum
Language: English Publisher: Los Angeles : UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Newark Museum, 1998.Description: 347p. : ill., map, col. photos. ; 31cm.ISBN: 0930741692Subject(s): Kente cloth -- Ghana -- Exhibitions | West African strip weaving -- Ghana -- Exhibitions | Ashanti (African people) -- Costume -- Exhibitions | Ewe (African people) -- Costume -- Exhibitions | Kente cloth -- United States -- Exhibitions | Afro-Americans -- Costume -- Exhibitions | Costume -- Symbolic aspects -- Ghana -- Exhibitions | Costume -- Symbolic aspects -- United States -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 746.1409667
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Bibl. references: p.341-347. - Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History and the Newark Museum. - Contents: Introduction / D.H. Ross; Asante: kingdom of cloth / D.H. Ross; Maternal legacies / Abena P.A. Busia; The gods wear kente / Raymond A. Silverman; The loom and weaving technology / D.H. Ross; Samuel Cophie, master weaver / Anne Spencer; Asante cloth names and motifs / D.H. Ross; Cloth in Eweland / A. Adedze; Kente and its image outside of Ghana / D.H. Ross; Pride and avarice: kente and advertising / N.O. Quarcoopome; Pride and dignity / Betsy D. Quick; Fashioned heritage / D.H. Ross.
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