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Woven textile ( Arabic man’s head covering) with checked pattern (embroidered woven headscarf) with image of woman partially dressed in green bathing suit.
Untitled (scarf)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Untitled (scarf)

Artist Priscilla Kennedy (Ghanaian, b.1994)
Date2017
Place of originAccra, Ghana
Place of originKumasi, Ghana
Mediummixed media (embroidered woven headscarf)
Dimensions50 1/2 × 52 in. (128.3 × 132.1 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Ruth P. Phillips Art Acquisition Endowment
Object number2017.33.3
Collections
Visual DescriptionWoven textile ( Arabic man’s head covering) with checked pattern (embroidered woven headscarf) with image of woman partially dressed in green bathing suit.
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