GHANAIAN KENTE CLOTH KIDS ART PROJECT
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Kente (kenten means “basket”) is a hand-woven cloth from the Ashanti Kingdom, in Ghana, West Africa.
Originally only royalty or wealthy people could wear kente cloth, but now it is used by everyone, especially on special occasions and holidays.
The cloth is full of meaning and symbolism.
Short video of weaving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycORz_ECb-s
There is a folk tale about a spider named Anansi who was a trickster, but who also taught the people of Ghana to weave kente cloth.
In this story we learn about Anansi six sons.
Pay attention to the bright, bold colors and patterns used to tell this story.
It might inspire you to make your own symbolic kente cloth.
(start at 3:15)
If you want to try weaving your own kente cloth...
Start in the painting studio and paint one piece of white paper with stripes of colors and patterns.
Then choose a piece of construction paper and paint black lines.
Next week when the paper is dry you will cut one of them into a loom.
The other piece of paper you will cut into strips.
Weave them together to make your own original kente cloth!
What does your mean?
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