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Yellow button down top with Ewe kente cloth on the front of the top.
Tunic Top
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Tunic Top

Artist Mawuli Okudzeto (Ghanaian)
Datelate 1980s- early 1990s
Mediumfabric
Dimensions30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Dr. Christopher Richards
Object number2022.29.7
Collections
Visual DescriptionYellow button down top with Ewe kente cloth on the front of the top.
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