"A King and His Cloth: Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I" Exhibition at National Museum of African Art

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Summary

The National Museum of African Art presents "A King and His Cloth: Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I". The Exhibition focuses on an important "adinkra" cloth from the Museum's collection of textiles and runs through March 23, 1997.

Subject

  • Prempeh I King of Ashanti 1870-1931
  • National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
  • "A King and His Cloth: Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I" (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annals of the Smithsonian Institution 1997. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Archives, 2000, p. 24.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 29, 1997

Topic

  • Costume
  • Clothing and dress
  • Exhibitions
  • Adinkra cloth
  • Textiles
  • Textile fabrics

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