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Gold Dust (Sika Futuro)
Man's wrapper
Gold Dust (Sika Futuro)
African, Ghana (Asante peoples)
1910–30
Object Place: Ghana, Africa
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave with supplementary wefts (strip woven)
Dimensions
Overall: 274.3 x 213.4 cm (108 x 84 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Jeremy and Hanne Grantham
Accession Number2004.2056
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionMan's wrapper composed of yellow silk plain weave strips patterned in field with green, black and red silk supplementary wefts creating alternating blocks of weft-faced checks of red, green and yellow and supplementary weft patterned traditional motifs on a yellow ground; border contains weft patterned blocks of polychrome stripes (babadua), small alternating vertical stripes, and traditional patterns in discontinuous wefts.
ProvenancePurchased from Ouedraogo Mahama, New York, by David Lantz, New York by 2004; Purchased by the MFA, November 17, 2004