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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Indigo Resist Dyed Cloth (adire alabere)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Indigo Resist Dyed Cloth (adire alabere)

Artist Nike Davies Okundaye (Nigerian, born 1954)
Datec. 1980
Made/manufacturedAfrica
MediumCotton, indigo dye
Dimensions5 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 56 in. (166.4 x 142.2 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Christopher Hardymon Poynor
Object number2006.32
Collections
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