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means A handwoven silk and cotton fabric from Ghana made of narrow strips sewn together into bold geometric patterns, each color and motif carrying its own symbolic meaning.

from The word comes from the Akan language, likely from 'kenten,' meaning basket — a nod to the basket-like weave of the interlocking strips. Oral tradition among the Ashanti credits the technique's origin to weavers who studied a spider spinning its web, though this is a cultural legend rather than a documented history. The cloth itself dates back centuries among the Ashanti and Ewe peoples, originally reserved for royalty and worn at sacred and ceremonial occasions.