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Block Print Batik Cloth

From Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969

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Unknown

Block Print Batik Cloth

From Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969

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
checkerboard pattern made of alternating blocks of white on a blue ground representing a spiraling zoomorph, with rows of dots at either non-salvage end
Purchased from Pastor Tom Stevens in Freetown, 1970.

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Unknown

2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

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