Sentences with phrase «of kente cloth»

Among the works on view are exquisite examples of kente cloth, vibrant Ashanti, and Ewe textiles worn as a sign of wealth and prestige.

Madam Adwoa shares her mother's teachings with the extraordinary design of this kente cloth.

Working in the traditional style of kente cloth weaving Gobah Tengey - Seddoh designs the shawl attaching several strips of the decorative cloth together.

The main objectives of the Kente Festival is for the preservation and protection of the kente cloth, the projection of the various uses of the cloth, acquisition of new techniques and innovations, promotion of tourism in the Agortime Traditional Area and unifying the people for socio - economic development.

She said the Agortime Traditional Area has one of the highest concentration of weavers in Ghana and beyond and therefore urged all stakeholders to preserve the uniqueness of the Kente cloth to ensure the sustainability of the Kente weaving industry in the area and its surroundings.

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In a cultural context, kente is more important than just a cloth and it is a visual representation of history and also a form of written language through weaving.

[200] The original Akan name of the cloth was nsaduaso or nwontoma, meaning «a cloth hand - woven on a loom»; however, «kente» is the most frequently used term today.

[200] Kente is a ceremonial cloth hand - woven on a horizontal treadle loom and strips measuring about 4 inches wide are sewn together into larger pieces of cloths.

And indeed staff and management of the award - winning Multimedia TV station were surprised when Nana Kwasi Wadie Esly II in the company of his Linguist, Okyeame Kwadwo Gyekye, his wife, Mabel Maku Wadie and Sister, Atsu Agbey walked into the studios of Adom TV in his beautifully woven Kente cloth.

«A long dress made from yellow - and - red Kente cloth draped her shoulders, and several gold bracelets hung from each of her brown arms.

The Kente cloth alternates between two types of fabric per row, often using yellow and other bright colors and patterns.

I remember being embarrassed in elementary school when my mom sent me and my brother to «Culture Day» in Ghanaian kente cloth and kids made fun of us.

This weekend, I scrolled through Twitter joyously taking in all the pictures of beautiful black people dressed in kente cloth, dashikis and African prints heading to the theatre to revel in this momentous occasion.

The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana Be dazzled by over 200 gleaming gold items of regalia, colorful and intricately woven silk kente cloth, ceremonial furniture, state swords, linguist staffs, and other significant objects related to Asante royals from the 19th through the 21st centuries.

The red, gold, and black color schemes of these hangings resemble traditional kente cloths made by Ghanaian weavers.

Stylistically, some artists build upon the rich visual culture of the continent, looking to carved and painted African masks, colorful woven kente cloths, and ancient bronze sculptures for inspiration.

: there was a certain explicitness to Hew Locke's models of boats, tinny steel sculptures by Michael Forbes or a library of kente - cloth books by Yinka Shonibare - also, I think, the only artist with a disability that I noticed showing work in my entire visit in this, the least accessible of art calendar cities.

It links Mr. Whitney's paintings to textiles that minimize white — Amish and Gee's Bend quilts and African kente cloth — and also to the unrelenting black, green and red of the Pan-African flag.

With extreme precision and craftsmanship, the artist creates intricately detailed, complex patterned «wooden kente cloths» using humble pieces of pine, ebony, ash, maple, walnut, plywood, and other soft and hard woods.

New York - based Osborn Design, makers of fair trade shoes made in Guatamala from African Kente cloth, recycled clothing, and

In fact today, we just got an incredible example of portable light in the mail, a portable light textile that was woven into some original kente cloth.