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ID: 700008497
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008497
Record Type: Movable Work
Wrapper (kente, asasia, oyokoman adwineasa) (wrapper (garment); Tiko, Nana (Asante weaver, active 19th century); Early-Late 19th century; National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United State...; EJ10579)
Titles:
Wrapper (kente, asasia, oyokoman adwineasa) (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
wrapper (house garment) [300216844] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), clothing, main garments)

Classifications:
costume / clothing (preferred)

Creation Date: Early-Late 19th century

Creator Display:
Tiko, Nana (Asante weaver, active 19th century) [preferred,VP]
artist Tiko, Nana (Asante weaver, active 19th century) [500356939]
Locations:
Creation: Bonwire [7668940] Ashanti (region (administrative division)), Ghana (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Current: National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: EJ10579
Credit Line: National Museum of African Art, National Museum of Natural History, purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, 1983-85, EJ10579
Display Materials: Silk, synthetic dye
silk (textile) [300243428]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)
dye [300013029]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))
kente [300014085]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: 154 x 65.2 cm (60 5/8 x 25 11/16 in.)
Cultures:
Asante (preferred)

General Subject:
apparel (preferred)

Provenance: Venice and Alastair Lamb, England, purchased in Bonwire, Ghana, 1970 to 1983-1985
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Wrapper (kente, asasia, oyokoman adwineasa)........ [VP]
........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 12 May 2015
Subject: ....... [VP]
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