Object Details
- Description
- Factory printed cloth with a repeating pattern featuring a central circular color portrait of King Leopold II of Belgium with a yellow crown, red, yellow, and black banners above the portrait, and two blue flags with yellow stars below. Also included in the design is a blue and yellow crest with a crown and the roman numerals "II." The background is dark green. The partial text "EBUIVI" appears in white on the front lower right. This print was made using five colors - red, yellow, blue, green, black - on an off-white cloth. Repeat is 53.3 cm (21 in.).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Undetermined artist
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sigourney Thayer
- Medium
- Cotton, dye
- Dimensions
- H x W: 120 x 429.3cm (47 1/4 x 169in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
