KENTE-Hand woven Kente-African Royal Kente-Cotton, Silk, Wool blend

Your african online provider for all your needs. Prices varies so contact for actual price. We offer customized designs by sewing your dress for you. Ghana national cloth - mix and match with design kente with plain solid shinny kente colors of any choice.

Female 2 yards(kid tradtioanl wrap or use for creating acessorries). Female 4 yards(used for children dresses and outfits and acessorry or tradional wrap). Female kente 6 yards (comes in sets of three at 2 yards each for sewing). Male 8 yards(comes in one pice used for tradtional wrap) avg man size.

Male 10 yards (comes in one pice used for tradtional wrap). Male 12 yards (comes in one pice used for tradtional wrap). Extrta extra large man size or used as a double wrap. "Kente" is a brilliantly colorful fabric, entirely hand-woven by ghanaian weavers. The brilliant colors and intricate designs associated with kente have definitely made this fabric the best known of all ghanaian, and perhaps even all west african textiles.

Every design has a story with a proverbial meaning, giving each cloth its own distinction. Uses of kente kente cloth is usually worn for ceremonies, festivals, and other sacred occasions. It is also given as a gift for weddings, child naming ceremonies, graduations, and other special events. Women wear the cloth in 2 pieces - 1 piece about 2 yards long and 45 inches wide wrapped round the waist to form a floor-length skirt worn over a blouse specially sewn in plain material. The other kente piece was either hung loosely over the arm or used as a shawl or stole. Men wear the cloth in much the same way as the'toga' was worn by the ancient greeks, and it would seem that these ancient people must have been in contact centuries ago. This item is made of cotton and silk, rayon.