Hunter's Shirt with Amulets (batakari)
Maker
Akan Artist
, Ghanaian
Date20th Century
Made/manufacturedGhana, Africa
MediumIndigo dyed plain weave cotton, embellished with amulets of metal and animal hide
Dimensionssight: 34 x 21 in. (86.4 x 53.3 cm)
ClassificationsClothing and accessories
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number2004.37.15
Collections
The charms are attached, over a lifetime, to a gown made from narrow blue and white cotton strips woven on a portable men's loom, and sewn together to make a gown.
1978
