From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: Africa

Asafo Flag from Ghana

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 10, 2024

Asafo flag (frankka), Ghana, Fante people, mid-20th century. Cotton; appliqué; 112 x 168 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1999.39.1. Gift of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg and Robert T. Coffland.

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Chief’s Cape from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Post author By GW Museum
Post date November 8, 2023

Top of dress form clothed in a cape made of raffia fiber

Cape (kinzembe or zamba kya mfumu), Kongo-related peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, possibly 19th century. Raffia palm fiber, looped, 64 x 165 x 90 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1962.1.14. Museum purchase.

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Beaded Bag from Nigeria

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 12, 2022

Detail of beaded bag with mask in relief

Beaded bag (apo ifa), Nigeria, Yoruba people, 1900-1920. Cotton, glass beads; 76 x 130 cm (including strap). Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2923.

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Genesis in a Late Antique Egyptian Textile

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 20, 2022

Detail of a textile fragment depicting a figure holding a miniature tree.

Detail of tunic fragment, Egypt, Akhmim, 7th– 9th century. Wool, linen, tapestry weave; 43 x 9 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0304. Bruce M. White Photography.

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Shifting Vision and Illuminating Media

Post author By GW Museum
Post date February 8, 2022

Linen tunic fragment decorated with red fruit, flowers, and birds in arches.

Tunic fragment, Egypt, c. 2nd–5th century CE. Linen, wool, tapestry weave; 39 x 27 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1110. Bruce M. White Photography.