Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Cloth (kanga)

Maker Urafiki Tanzania

Date2010

Made/manufacturedTanzania

PurchasedDar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa

MediumCommercially printed cotton cloth

Dimensions40 in. x 10 ft. 4 in. (101.6 x 315 cm)

ClassificationsTextiles

Credit LineGift of James and MacKenzie Ryan

Object number2012.38.2

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Collections

AFRICAN

DescriptionYellow, dark green and black with dots; Mosque motif. Printed Swahili inscription on cloth, Yote yatenndawayo namkabidhi Mola" - all who are well-treated are entrusted to God" or alternately, [literal] "all that is acted upon / happens to me is entrusted to God"