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Unknown Maker, Asante

Woman's Prestige Mantle (nsaduaso)

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Asante

Culture

Asante

Title

Woman's Prestige Mantle (nsaduaso)

Year

1800s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk

Geography

Place Made: Ghana; Place Made: West Africa

Dimensions

177.2 x 262.3 cm (69 3/4 x 103 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2010.27.2

Type

Related Publications

Related Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 14: Shadows

The RISD Museum’s fourteenth issue of Manual shines a light on the shadow, centering the black body as a site of possibility, liberatory self-awareness, radical non-conformity, and joyful defiance. This issue serves as a companion to the exhibition Defying the Shadow.

Manual 14: Shadows opens with an excerpt on the shadow from W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk, followed by an introduction by Dr. Anita N. Bateman, who elucidates: “Operating in the shadow comes with a legacy of resistance, both in spiritual and ideological forms.”

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Asante
Woman's Prestige Mantle (nsaduaso), 1800s
silk; plain weave, supplementary weft patterning
177.2 x 262.3 cm (69 3/4 x 103 1/4 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2010.27.2

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