Akwete cloth; inlay technique; tortoise and saw motif; stripes, hourglass designs, triangles; fringe on either end. Color: white, yellow, red, pink, green, orange, and cream on black
Akwete cloth; tortoise and saw motif; rows of ikaki (tortoise), alternating with rows of (ebeakrika) ebe resembling thatch, lines in between have small ebe within; inlay technique; fringe on either end. Color: green, white, red, gold, yellow, and pink on black
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; ikaki (tortoise) and draughts (checkerboard) along two of the rows, ute (mat), the latter being an ahia design (i.e. one requiring an extra string heddle in between); fringe on one end. Color: black, white, and red
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; tortoise and saw motif; designs: ayawaro (hunchback), draughts (checkerboard), fifi (saw or sword), and others; fringe on either end. Color: Red, olive, brown, on natural
Akwete cloth; double bird motif (traditional pattern), birds interspersed throughout the cloth; inlay technique; fringe on either end. Color: yellow, blue, green, and white on red
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; traditional pattern and colors--designs: ayawaro (hunchback) and ebe (drinking cup) divided by lines; fringe on either end. Color: red, yellow, green, and white on black
Akwete cloth: ikaki (tortoise) design; fringe on either end. Made by Igbo women in Buguma for Kalabari use as a sash by men during funerals. Color: white, black, red
Akwete cloth: ikaki (tortoise) design; fringe on either end. Made by Igbo women in Buguma for Kalabari use as a sash by men during funerals. Color: Red and black
Akwete cloth: ikaki (tortoise) design; fringe on either end. Made by Igbo women in Buguma for Kalabari use as a sash by men during funerals. Color: Red and black
Akwete cloth; diamond motifs and striped akwete stitching on white and black striped warp stripes; fringe on either end. Color: white, black, red, and sky blue
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; ikaki (tortoise) design in between which is the ahia design and ute (mat); mostly cotton on cotton, with a few stripes of rayon; fringe on either end. Color: orange and grape
Akwete cloth; bowtie motif with inlay technique; Indian George-type design as basis with small ebe weft-float; cotton threads; fringe on either end. Color: white, yellow, black, red, green, and blue
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; four rows of comb combined with ebe with python belly design in middle and rows in between with little arrows; variegated stripes running lenthwise; fringe on either end. Color: white, green, yellow, blue, and lavender on red
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; rows of ikaki (tortoise) alternating with rows of okpuru afo eke (python belly) design with lines in between; fringe on either end. Used as a stole. Color: white, black, and turquoise
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; rows of ikaki (tortoise) alternating with rows of ebe (drinking cup) woven to look like diamonds; fringe on either end. Used as a stole. Color: black and gold
Akwete cloth; inlay technique; design of arrows, checks, and stripes; fringe on either end. 15a and 15b are part of a wrapper set; 15c is a stole. Color: white on white
Akwete cloth; inlay technique with double-woven checks; diamond motifs, Nnadede design (based on Indian madras) with mkpuru oka (grain of corn) interspersed throughout. Color: red, yellow, white, blue, and green
Akwete cloth; tortoise, saw, and draught motifs; inlay technique; three rows of ikaki (tortoise) and thatch design, four rows of ebe designs with draughts (checkerboard) in center, small ebe and lines in between these rows; fringe on either end. Color: White, blue, and gray
Akwete cloth; black cloth and black rayon, inlay technique,"ikaki"(tortoise) alternating with draughts (checkerboard) with fringe on either end. Color: black
Akwete cloth; inlay technique, ikaki (tortoise) with fefe (sword) as one row; draughts (checkerboard) as other; rayon weft on cotton; fringe on either end. Color: black and gold
Aki Berndt was born in 1955 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. He married an American woman and lived in Berlin before moving to Minnesota in 2000. After he lost his job as an architect in 2009, he began to bake bread and opened his own bakery, Aki's BreadHaus, in Minneapolis in 2014.
Contributor:
Smith, Madison
Created:
2017-05-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
