Block Print Batik Cloth

From Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1970

Scroll

Unknown

From Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1970

Physical Qualities European white satin cloth, blue dye, 62 13/16 × 52 15/16 in. (159.5 × 134.5 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore

Object Number 1993.198

Purchased from Pastor Tom Stevens in Freetown, 1970.

Unknown

Unknown

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