Sentences with phrase «woven kente cloth»

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.

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.

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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.

[200] The term kente has its roots in the Akan word kɛntɛn which means a basket and the first kente weavers used raffia fibres to weave cloths that looked like kenten (a basket); and thus were referred to as kenten ntoma; meaning basket cloth.

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.

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

Woven in kente tradition, this cotton cloth by designer Deborah Osei Boakye honors Ashanti textile legacy.

Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente kente means

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.

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.