Ewe Kente

This is a fine old piece of Royal Ewe Kente from arpund 1930. Kente textile is a Royal Textile of the Ewe people of Ghana . This piece would have been worn...

This is a very rare example of an Asafo Banner from the Fante people of the Cape Coast of Ghana . The Asafo have been a highly militarised society long before the Europeans set foot ...

This is a very fine Ikebana basket from the late 19th century / early 20th century . The Japanese art of flower arranging is a highly ritualised process and this basket would have be...

African Ashanti Kente Cloth, hand loomed textile, ceremonial regalia worn by the tribe early to mid 20th Century

Congolese Textile Tetela DR Congo 19th century Measures: 68 x 41 inches (172 x 104 cm) Provenance: Ambre-Congo gallery, Brussels $5,000. A very rare ...

The Ewe people from Ghana are master weavers. People of means commission cloths called adanudo ("skilled/wise cloths"). Ewe adanudo textiles often display a tweed effect by twisting ...

This silk and cotton fabric was made by an unknown Ashanti artist. It features green and orange accents. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans in Ghana, a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old. Ghana, previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until 1957. It is now politically separated into four main parts. Ashanti is in the center and Kumasi is the capital. The Ashanti have a wide variety of arts. Bark cloth was used for clothing before weaving was introduced. With weaving, there is cotton and silk. Women may pick cotton...