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Akunitan (“cloth of the great”)

Made By Unrecorded Akan artist (Ghana)
Creation placeGhana, Africa
Datemid-20th century
Mediumwool, cotton embroidery thread
Dimensions81 1/2 × 102 in. (207 × 259.1 cm)
Classification(s)
  • AFRICAN
Credit LineGift of Philip M. and Patricia E. Peek
Object numberM.2025.21.29
On View
Not on view
ProvenancePurchased in Ghana in the 1960s.
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