Hunter's Shirt with Amulets (batakari)
Maker
Akan Artist
Date20th Century
Made/manufacturedAfrica
MediumCotton cloth, leather, metal, hide
Dimensionssight: 34 x 21 in. (86.4 x 53.3 cm)
ClassificationsClothing and accessories
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number2004.37.15
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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.
