Multicolored Kente Handcrafted Cloth 5 Inch Width 'Makomaso Adeae' Item ID: 2671806935

Name: Multicolored Kente Handcrafted Cloth 5 Inch Width 'Makomaso Adeae'
Brand: Madam Adwoa and Onyame Akwan Dooso
SKU: 2671806935
Price: 57.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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"Madam Adwoa shares her mother's teachings with the extraordinary design of this kente cloth. The cotton blend fabric is woven on a traditional loom in blue, red, yellow, black, white, and green. Each strip of kente cloth requires considerable effort, and the looms are worked with both hands and feet. Madam Adwoa calls her design 'Makomaso Adeae,' which in Akan means 'My Heart's Desire.'

Meaning 'basket', kente features interwoven strips of cloth, and was once reserved for the sole use of kings. It is a textile tradition of the Akan people, who convey meaning and symbolism to each kente cloth. Green is associated with fertility and new harvest, yellow with royalty, and black with strength, aging and spirituality. White is associated with purity, red with politics and spirituality, and blue is used in a variety of ways to symbolize spiritual sanctity, fortune, peacefulness and love."

Item detail

0.44 lb
5 inches W x 73 inches H
0.18 lbs
5 inches W x 73 inches H
50% cotton
50% rayon
Dry clean only
Hand-crafted item -- color
size and/or motif may vary slightly

Made in Ghana

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Madam Adwoa and Onyame Akwan Dooso

Madam Adwoa became involved in handicrafts through her mother, who sold Adinkra symbols and kente cloths. While helping her mother, she began to offer a small number of woodcarvings, which to her surprise sold very well in the market. This inspired Madam Adwoa to pursue woodcarving as a career. After a period of careful instruction in the creation and finishing of finely sculpted objects, she opened up her own workshop, under the banner, God moves in mysterious ways.

Currently Madam Adwoa heads a team of fifteen artisans in her workshop. As a highly evolved and dedicated creator, she demands only the best from her staff.

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Madam Adwoa and Onyame Akwan Dooso African masks, wood carvings and kente cloth

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The traditional arts are a vibrant aspect of everyday life in West Africa. From richly intricate handwoven kente cloth fabrics, to intricately colorful beaded arts, ceremonial masks, and exquisite jewelry, to traditional throne-stools hand-carved for customers by the Ashanti king's actual chief carver, artisans proudly offer their region's finest handmade works of art.

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This artist is an elder master and continues to actively practice their craft.

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This artist uses traditional techniques handed down through the generations and/or creates culturally significant items, helping keep these traditions alive.

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Maker Badge Microcredit Financing

Madam Adwoa and Onyame Akwan Dooso has received 5 microcredit loans with 0% interest from Kiva and Novica, the first for $2000 and the most recent for $250. Proceeds were used to invest in the purchase of wood, polish, sandpaper and wood stain for production.