Object Details
- Description
- Factory printed cloth features a female head in profile with the words "31 Juillet" above and "Journée de la femme Africaine" below. A light brown is printed in the background in an organic pattern meant to replicate batik. Base fabric is tan cotton. Repeat size of the print is 10.5 cm (4 3/16 in.).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Credit Line
- The Wil and Irene Petty Collection
- Medium
- Cotton, dye
- Dimensions
- H x W: 59 x 131 cm (23 1/4 x 51 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
