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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Wax print cloth
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Wax print cloth

Maker Yoruba Artist
Date1960s-1970s
Made/manufacturedNigeria
MediumCotton
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Marian Davis
Object number2016.38.10
Collections
DescriptionPrinted cloth mimicking wax resist, with white background and motif of flying swallows in dark blue.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Textile - stencil wax resist
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1982
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Cloth with Olokun, Goddess of the Sea Motif (adire eleko)
Yoruba Artist
c. 1973
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Tie Dyled cloth (adire)
Yoruba Artist
c. 1987
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Tie-dyed cloth Adire
Nigerian Artist
1960s
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Wrapper
Yoruba Artist
c. 1973
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Prestige cloth (ndop, ktiesia or ntieya)
Bamileke Artist
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Cloth (kanga)
Urafiki Tanzania
2010
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Commemorative Cloth
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c. 1940-1950
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
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Malian Artist
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Cloth Commemorating 1939 Earthquake
Ghanaian Artist
c. 1939
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Textile ensemble (bazin)
Malian Artist
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Cloth (adire oniko)
Yoruba Artist
undated

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