Kpokpo Cloth

Country cloth is a thick, heavy, cloth, traditionally made from locally grown cotton that is spun into thread, dyed, and woven into strips on a tripod loom. The strips are then sewn together edge to edge to form the finished cloth. Such cloth was, in the past, regarded as a sign or wealth and Prestige. This is thought to be an example of kpokpoi, or kpokpo, cloth, relating to country cloth made up of strips of varying colours and patterns, used to make a larger, more complex, pattern. It came from the Freetown Public Relations Office in the 1950s, but it thought it may have been woven in Guinea as the pattern it unusual for Sierra Leone.

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Further Information

  • Type: Textiles, cloth
  • Object: Kpokpo Cloth
  • Materials: Textile
  • Culture Group: Other
  • Dimensions: 2200mm [L] x 1235mm [W]
  • Production Date: Pre 1952
  • Associated Places: Unknown
  • Associated People: Freetown Public Relations Office [Year Acquired: 1952]
  • Museum: British Museum
  • Accession Number: BM:Af.1952.10.1

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