Shirt

Description

Shirt of hand-woven cotton cloth strips stitched together and dyed in brown stripes, with oblong and cylindrical shapes of palmwood covered with blue, red, black and white cotton, wool and animal skin all over and on the inside back amulets and war charms of leather covered pouches, worn by warriors and hunters for protection, part of the regalia of Kwamin Intsiaku, Chief of Sarman: West Africa, Ghana, Asante people, pre 1903

Museum reference

A.1906.517.11.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Shirt

Production information

Unknown
Sarman, Central Region, Ghana, Western Africa

Date

Pre 1903

Style / Culture

Asante

Materials

Cotton, Animal skin, Palmwood, Wool, Leather

Physical description

Shirt of hand-woven cotton cloth strips stitched together and dyed in brown stripes with natural pigment, decorated all over with applied oblong and cylindrical shapes of palmwood covered with blue, red, black and white cotton, wool and animal skin; on the inside back of the shirt are amulets and war charms of leather covered pouches tied to the shirt with leather thongs.

Associations

Previous owner: Kwamin Intsiaku

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
world cultures, patterns of life